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Velvet Furry. A favorite of landscapers, this thin fuzzy rippled leaf Calathea is very attractive as well as durable. A purple leaf back adds to this plants rich color and texture.
The upper foliage of Calathea rufibarba is semi-glossy, and olive green in color. The under side of the foliage, along with the stems are rich burgundy in color. The stems are covered with fine purplish-brown hairs. Place your Calathea rufibarba in bright filtered or indirect light.
See Article - How to grow Calathea indoors.

Beautiful vinous flowers open in the morning, and by 3-4 pm they convolve into a curious fico-like knot. Flowers cover the bush several times a year. Very similar to Hibiscus acetosella, only with green leaves, this edible hibiscus is rich of vitamin C. All parts of the plant are edible and can be used for delicious tea or in a salad. Very fast growing, forms a large bush in one season. Tolerates dry conditions. Grow your edible landscape in no time!
With proper care and protection, this plant can provide a striking display of color and texture in the garden year after year.
This species is often confused with H. furcellatus and sometimes offered in trade under that name.
Learn more about edible hibiscus: Most useful Hibiscus plants.

Hibiscus El Capitolio Bloody Mary is a rare and striking variety with pendant flowers featuring a double skirt of ruffled, vinous-red petals. This evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub reaches 5 to 10 feet tall with arching branches, perfect for sunny or semi-shady spots, even seaside locations. Thriving in USDA Zones 9-11, it tolerates moderate water, flooding, and needs well-draining soil. Its dramatic crimson blooms, borne in pairs, peak in summer, adding year-round beauty to any garden.

Hibiscus El Capitolio Tequila Sunrise is a tropical shrub with a graceful, fountain-like growth habit and unique pendant, double-skirted blooms in warm peach-orange tones, often with soft pink highlights. The pom-pom-like flowers stand out against glossy green foliage, adding a bright, exotic touch to the garden. Blooming from summer through fall, this hardy hibiscus thrives in full sun to partial shade, tolerates heat, drought, salt, and even wet soils. A fast grower reaching 5-10 ft, it's perfect as a showy specimen, hedge, or container plant in USDA zones 9-11.

Cotton Candy - Mallow Hibiscus flowers open pure white and change color over a three-day period until they are deep pink and then as they die assume a dark "blue-pink" hue. The three distinct colors appear on the bush simultaneously as the blooms color cycle independent of one another. Quite large blossoms are up to 5 inches across!

Coral Hibiscus, Skeleton Hibiscus. A weeping tree hibiscus, rare and hard to find. Grows rapidly and blooms freely. Flowers look like parachutes and can be recognized by the fringed and lacy petals which are bent backward. It has slender and gracefully curved stems. Can be trained into a showy standard.

Peach Hibiscus syriacus Amplissimus (Paeoniflorum) Althea - Double Rose of Sharon.
Hibiscus syriacus is a shrub with large showy flowers (in single or double flowering form, with solid colors or bicolors) that blooms all summer long and has a distinctive vase-shaped growth habit. Solid colors of white, red, purple, mauve, violet, or blue, or bicolors with a different colored throat are available in cultivation. Hardy to USDA zones 6-9.

Red Hibiscus syriacus Amplissimus (Paeoniflorum) Althea - Double Rose of Sharon.
Hibiscus syriacus is a shrub with large showy flowers (in single or double flowering form, with solid colors or bicolors) that blooms all summer long and has a distinctive vase-shaped growth habit. Solid colors of white, red, purple, mauve, violet, or blue, or bicolors with a different colored throat are available in cultivation. Hardy to USDA zones 6-9.

Variegated Mahoe. Everblooming tree or shrub with beautiful variegated large leaves (red-green-white spots), flowers are yellow and then turn orange to red while they age.