Botanical Name: Alyogyne huegelii
Common Name: Blue hibiscus
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, rather open and rangy unless pruned – forms a loose, rounded canopy
Height 4-8' (10')
Spread 6-15'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil prefers dry soils, tolerates most
Hardiness some frost (zones 15-17, 20-24); best in warm locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, alternate, palmatifid, lobed, fuzzy, ruffled margins toward apex, leaves 2-4" across on fuzzy, 1-2" petioles
Flowers spectacular display of blue/lavender flowers, 3-4" across, mostly solitary, terminal – spring, summer, intermittent
Fruit round capsule
 
Propagation:
semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
showy filler, informal mass plantings for flower display – useful in dry area landscapes w/native species – slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional deep soak – avoid excessive watering
Fertilizing little required after established
Pruning occasionally head back to encourage denser growth
Pests/Diseases root rot in heavy soils
Special Conditions/Other has proven to be short lived in irrigated areas
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Malvaceae

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