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Hibiscus and Pavonia are mostly perennial evergreen to rarely deciduous shrubs, few tropical species are growing as annuals. All require a well drained substrate in full sun and plenty of water in summer. Tropical species should be kept drier in a sunny spot in winter at some 15°C to 20°C.
Sow flat at a minimum of some 20°C in any rocky or sandy soil, keep pots always in full sun.
10 seeds per package, if not stated differently.

Note on seed availability: All species in section Lilibiscus (e. g. Hibiscus arnottianus, Hibiscus boryanus, Hibiscus fragilis, Hibiscus kokio, etc.) as well as some other woody members (e g. Hibiscus insularis and Hibiscus scottii) are much sought after by collectors and are sometimes very rare in cultivation. Seed set in most of these species is very irregular and unpredictable. Despite a continued flowering period from spring through early winter, our cultivated plants usually fruit around early summer (May and June) and then again in early autumn (September and October) only. Whereas in full summer heat all developing seed capsules are usually aborted. Thus you have the best chance to get a hold on one of these rare species by occasionally checking our webshop for new arrivals in early summer and early autumn.

You find more Hibiscus species in this category: Hibiscus (Hardy Mallow) and Hibiscus (Swamp Mallow).

A note on Hibiscus seeds being offered on several selling platforms:
On severall well-known U.S. American, European and Chinese selling platforms you will find thousands and thousands hibiscus seeds on offer. And before you throw away your money, keep in mind the following. There does not exist any true blue, nor any vivid emerald green or any rainbow colored hibiscus. These are all photoshopped images and without any exception these offers are scams. Also, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars will never come 100% true from seeds. If you are lucky enough, you will receive at least some hibiscus seeds (and not some other plant species you didnt' want). However, the color in your plants will never be the one shown on the photo. In the best case your plants will be close, but they will never be identical - genetically this is simply impossible. Then never ever buy anything from any seller who may also offer: blue tomatoes, blue or violet strawberries, blue, pure black or rainbow colored roses, blue or rainbow colored chrysanthemums, rainbow colored grapes, true blue orchids, blue cucumbers, blue sunflowers, blue pumpkins, etc. All these are fakes and you will be scammed. Last but not least, it should ring your alarm bells, if a particular seller uses "borrowed" photos from the web without giving any credit to the image copyright owner. In most cases a simply Google image search will reveal the real source for a particular photo. Serious sellers will always use photos taken from their own plants or at least they will give credit if they use a photo from a different source.

U.S. customers only: Hibiscus seeds cannot be shipped to the U.S.

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Hibiscus arnottianus (Arnott's Hibiscus)

200 (500)cm, Arnott's Hibiscus (Kokiʻo Kea or Koki'o Keokeo in Hawaiian language) is an evergreen tall shrub native of the Koʻolau mountains on Oʻahu island, Hawaii, USA. Hibiscus arnottianus is among the also Hawaiian endemic Hibiscus hannerae, Hibiscus immaculatus, Hibiscus punaluuensis and Hibiscus waimeae the only slightly violet or rose fragrant Hibiscus species in its genus. It has dark green, usually slightly glossy, glabrous leaves and quite large, pure white flowers with narrow petals and a long protruding reddish pistil. For any rich, well drained substrate in a partially shaded (summer) to sunny (winter) spot at a minimum of some 15°C. All plants offered as Hibiscus arnottianus with slightly rose or yellowish flowers are inevitably hybrids with Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars. The same applies to all white flowering plants with a reddish center - plants from true Hibiscus arnottianus always have a white center. Our plants are unhybridized, true-to-type and self-fertile with pure white flowers and a white center. Hibiscus arnottianus and the very closely related Hibiscus immaculatus have the narrowest petals of all Hawaiian endemic white flowering Hibiscus species. Any plant with significantly broader petals than the one shown in the photo from one of our mother plants is a hybrid or a wrongly identified different species. Even several Hawaiian based nurseries erroneously sell obviously hybridized plants with broad petals as pure Hibiscus arnottianus. The so called Hibiscus arnottianus 'Wilders White' cultivar with broad petals is actually not a cultivar from the true species, but a hybrid with Hibiscus punaluuensis and thus it should be only called Hibiscus 'Wilders White'. And to make confusion complete, some Hibiscus rosa-sinensis hybrids with a red inner eye are being erroneously offered as 'Wilders White', whereas the real 'Wilder White' is entirely white, without any inner red eye. Be it as it is, from us you will get the true unhybridized species. Last packages available for 2023. VIII-XII.
5 seeds per package.

Note: few seed packages will become available in the second half of October 2023.

U.S. customers only: seeds cannot be shipped to the U.S.

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