Gossypium spp - The Cotton Plant

Scientific name: Cotton spp

Common name: Cotton Plant

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: 

Category: Shrub

To be updated

Photo taken at: How to grow : Light : Soil : Water : Prune : Propagate : Features :

Malvaviscus penduliflorus - Sleeping Hibiscus

Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Scientific name: Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Common name: Sleeping Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Shrub

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

How to grow

Light : Full or partial sun

Soil : Rich, well draining 

Water : Regular

Prune : To maintain shape and encourage new blooms

Propagate : By cuttings

Features : 

The flowers apar half-opened and they hang down. Flowers freely. Can grow up to 2m tall.

Hibiscus acetosella - False Roselle

Scientific name: Hibiscus acetosella

Common names:
False Roselle, Rose Mallow, Red-Leaf Hibiscus, Cranberry Hibiscus, Bronze Hibiscus
Malay name: Rosel Palsu, Gamet (Indonesia)

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Tropical Africa

Category: Annual or perennial herb
Photo taken at: Hibiscus Garden Kuala Lumpur

How to grow

Light : Full to partial sun

Soil : Moist, well-draining

Water : Regular but do not over-water

Prune : To maintain a compact shape of the plant, also to promote new shoots and more flowering

Fertilize : Balance fertilizer once a fortnight

Propagate : Seeds or soft-wood cuttings

Features :

The plant is grown as an ornamental for its attractive burgundy red foliage. Leaves appear glossy and bright even under the sun. It can be grown on the ground or in a container. In Indonesia, the young leaves and shoots are eaten as ulam.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - Single Flower Light Pink with Red Eye

 Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars
Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo taken at: My home garden

Hibiscus sabdariffa - Roselle

10. Hibiscus sabdariffa - Roselle

Scientific name: Hibiscus sabdariffa
Common names: Roselle

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: India to Malaysia

Category: Annual or perennial herb
Photo taken at: My home garden

The roselle plant is similar in appearance to Hibiscus acetosella (False Roselle, African Rosemallow, Cranberry Shield, Maple Sugar, Red Hibiscus), the ornamental hibiscus with burgundy red leaves and pinkish red flowers.

Updated - How to grow:

Please refer to My NST article titled "Delicious Roselle" was published on 1st Sept 2012, read here.

You can buy roselle plants in Sg Buloh, click here.

For roselle seeds, I have stock of roselle seeds, otherwise you can also buy them from Tanam Sendiri blog here.

Hibiscus mutabilis - Single Flower Deep Pink

Scientific name: Hibiscus mutabilis

Common names: Confederate Rose, Changeable Rose, cotton Rose, Chinese Rose, Rose of Sharon

Chinese name: 木芙蓉 (mu fu rong)

Malay name: Laki Pukul Bini, Baru Landak, Botan, Bunga Waktu Besar, Mati Laki Mati Bini

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: China

Category: Evergreen, ever-flowering perennial shrub

Photo taken at: The Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Note:
This variety does not change colour.

Hibiscus mutabilis - Double Flowers

Scientific name: Hibiscus mutabilis

Common names: Confederate Rose, Changeable Rose, cotton Rose, Chinese Rose
Chinese name: 木芙蓉 (mu fu rong)

Family: Malvaceae
Category: Perennial evergreen flowering shrub

Origin: China

Photographs taken at: The Hibiscus Garden of Kuala Lumpur

The flowers of the above variety open white in the morning and change to pink later in the day.

Note:
There is a variety that opens dark pink and stay pink and another variety that open white and stays white the whole day.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Cooperii Alba'

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Cooperi Alba'

Common name: Snow Queen, Checkered Hibiscus, Sir Daniel Cooper's Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Unknown
Photograph taken at: My home garden

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - Pale Pink and Purple

Pink hibiscus with darker pink fringe and red eye. Do I see some light purple?

cientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: Floria 2011

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - White Pink and Purple



Swirling in white, pink and purple

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: Floria 2011

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - Pink and White Fringe

White hibiscus with pale pink tone and red eye

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: Floria 2011

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - Pink and Orange

Pink hibiscus with orange fringe and red eye (centre), perhaps a tinge of puple

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: Floria 2011

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - Single Flowers Red and White

Sultry Beauty, a Red-White Hibiscus

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: Floria 2011

Hibiscus syriacus - Rose of Sharon Double Flowers

Scientific name: Hibiscus syriacus

 Common name: Rose of Sharon, Korean Hibiscus, Rose of Althea
Family: Malvaceae

Origin: East Asia

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photographs taken at: Seen Hock Yeen Temple in Chemor, Perak

Hibiscus tilaceus dwarf

Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus DWARF

Synonym: Talipariti tilaceum

Common name: Sea Hibiscus, Beach Hibiscus, Coast Hibiscus, Sea Rosemallow, Cottonwood Hibiscus, Norfolk Hibiscus, Native Hibiscus, Green Cottonwood, Native Rosella

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Cultivar

Photographs taken at: The Hibiscus Garden of Kuala Lumpur

 

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Cultivars - Single Flower with Pink Veination

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: My home garden

Note:

The flowers open as orange in colour and later change to yellow with pink veination. 

Abelmoschus esculentus - Okra

Scientific name: Abelmoschus esculentus
Synonym: Hibiscus esculentus

Common Names: Okra, Ladies Finger, Gumbo

Chinese name: 秋葵 (qiu kui) or 羊角豆 (yang jiao dou)
Malay name: kacang bendi
Hindi/Urdu name: bhindi

Family: Malvaceae (mallow Family)

Origin: Africa
Category:  Annual/Perennial Shrub
Photo taken at: My home garden

Malvaviscus arboreus - Turk's Cap Hibiscus



Malvaviscus arboreus 

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

Common names: Turk's Cap, Turk's Turban, Wax Mallow,
Ladies Teardrop, Scotchman's Purse, Sleeping Hibiscus

Malay name: Bunga Raya Kuncup

Family: Malvaceae (Hibiscus family)

Origin: Mexico

Category: Free-flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: My home garden

Notes:

• The shrub grows to abot 2 m tall.
• The flowers are always half-opened and upright
• arboreus, refers to the tree-like appearance of a mature plant.
• Loves the full sun
• Propagation is by cuttings

This is my entry for Ruby Tuesday, thanks to Work of the Poet, the link is here.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis - Double Petal Vermillion Red

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars

 Common name: Hibiscus

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Hort.

Category: Evergreen free flowering shrub

Photo Taken at: My home garden 

This is my entry for Ruby Tuesday, thanks to Work of the Poet, the link is here.

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Scientific name: Hibiscus schizopetalus
Synonym: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis var. schizopetalus

Common names: Coral Hibiscus, Japanese Lantern, Chinese Lantern,
Skeleton Hibiscus, Fringe Hibiscus, Fringe Rosemallow, Waltzing Ladies

Chinese name: 吊灯芙桑 (diao deng fu sang) - Chandeliar flower
Malay name: Bunga Raya Tanglung (Malaysia), Kembang Sepatu Lampu (Indonesian)

Family: Malvaceae

Origin: Uncertain, maybe East Africa or India

Photo taken at : The Secret Garden of 1-Utama

This is my entry for Ruby Tuesday, thanks to Work of the Poet, the link is here.