Summerific Ballet Slippers is a long-blooming hardy perennial Hardy Hibiscus that produces an abundance of very large (7" diameter), stunning, ruffled, white flowers edged in lavender-pink with a deep red eye. You can spot the flowers from 1/2 a mile away! The flowers appear in early to mid-summer and continue into fall on dense, mounding plants with attractive rich green foliage contrasting beautifully with the flowers. Not only will you enjoy this marvelous tropical-looking plant, but your butterfly and hummingbird friends will love you for including it in your garden.

Growing 4 to 4.5 feet tall and 5 feet wide, Ballet Slippers Hardy Hibiscus makes a bold and beautiful specimen in the landscape or large containers. It is especially impressive in groupings of three or as a colorful hedge. Because it blooms nearly all summer and into fall and has such bold foliage, it makes a nice backdrop or centerpiece in flower gardens. It is a fine addition to in butterfly and hummingbird gardens and tropical-look gardens. 

Spacing: 3-4' for solid hedges;  8'+ for space between plants

Hardy Hibiscus is very easy to grow in most moist but well-drained soils of average fertility and plenty of sunshine, though some shade is tolerated. During prolonged periods of summer drought, plants will appreciate supplemental water to bloom their best. Maintenance is minimal, requiring just one pruning a year when new growth begins to emerge from the base of the plant in spring.

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