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Hibiscus syriacus
'Notwoodthree'
Blue Chiffon™ Hibiscus
Origin: Propagated by Roderick Woods, Spring Meadow Nursery Inc., Michigan, 2008. The plant was also awarded a Silver Medal by the Royal Horticulture Society.
| Family |
| Malvaceae |
| Genus |
| Hibiscus |
| Species |
| syriacus |
| Cultivar |
| 'Notwoodthree' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| Synonyms |
| Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Chiffon' |
| Tradmarked Name |
| Blue Chiffon™ |
| Patent Number |
| pp#20,574, cbr#3583 |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 - (-9) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 5 - 15 |
| Height |
| up to 3 m |
| Spread |
| up to 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Hibiscus syriacus 'Notwoodthree' is a vigorous, woody deciduous shrub with large, uniquely-shaped, purple-blue, double flowers. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| ID Characteristic |
| Upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, freely branching, large purple-blue, double blooms. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Young lateral branches are smooth, glabrous. Mature bark is woody. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| About 1.4 cm in diameter, 2 cm long, ovate. |
| Leaf Description |
| Alternate, simple, smooth and glabrous, 4 ⨉ 7 cm, ovate to rhombus-shaped, wedge-shaped base, acute apex, margin crenate and lobed, venation palmate and reticulate. |
| Flower Description |
| Showy, terminal and axillary, 9 cm in diameter, 5 cm long, single rotate with a whorl of 5 blue-purple exterior petals with mauve venation and about 26 overlapping petaloids of the same colour in several interior whorls, margins undulate, white stamen. There are about 6 - 8 per lateral branch. Blooms last about one day on the plant. |
| Fruit Description |
| Seed and fruit growth have not been observed on this Hibiscus cultivar. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The A. M. Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| By softwood cuttings: rooting takes about 3 weeks to initiate at 27° C, young plants about 4 months at the same temperature. |
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