Hibiscus paramutabilis x syriacus 'Tosca' Open House From the warm lower slopes

From the warm lower slopes of the Himalayas

There is a genuine botanical curiosity folded into this plant

downy pink

handsomely striped bark and clear yellow fall color extend the interest well past the spring show

Genuinely rare and ranked as imperiled

Hibiscus paramutabilis x syriacus 'Tosca' Open House From the warm lower slopes'Tosca' is the offspring of a rare and deliberate cross, a marriage of Hibiscus paramutabilis, the regal, large flowered species of southeastern China, with Hibiscus syriacus, the familiar Rose of Sharon of countless summer gardens. From that union comes a woody shrub that carries the best of both parents: the scale and drama of the Chinese species and the toughness and reliability of the old dooryard favorite. The flowers are the reason to grow