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Hibiscus, Shoe plant, China rose

The genus Hibiscus comprises more than 200 species from herbaceous annuals to small shrubs and trees.

The China Rose is a spectacular flowering shrub, up to 3 metres high, widely planted in the tropics and subtropics and grown as a greenhouse or house plant in northern Europe. There are many colours  – red, pink, yellow, white and bicoloured, in single, semi-double and double forms – depending on the cultivar.

The State flower of Hawaii, and if worn over the right ear indicates that one is looking for a mate!