I enjoy the last part of May in my home landscape and garden. My small rose garden -- which I’ve started to expand -- is in its full glory. I’ll share my latest rose story in a future Southern ...

Rose of Sharon is a flowering tall shrub that brings vibrant summer color to the landscape with its large trumpet-shaped individual blossoms. Blossom colors vary by cultivar and may be white, pink, ...

Q. My Rose of Sharon is becoming quite large and seems to be producing fewer flowers each year. What can I do? A. I noticed Rose of Sharon in flower in late summer when I traveled out and about in the ...

Q: What is the best time of the year to plant rose of Sharon? We had several at our previous home in north Texas. I have wanted to add a couple to our backyard, but I don't know when to plant them.

The Rose of Sharon hibiscus is a hardy shrub in this area. Some are very small, others are large shrubs and even a few are small trees. What we have is a large Rose of Sharon that has developed into a ...

Crape myrtles are Houston's go-to summer shrub. But they have nothing on the althea. The beautiful small tree, also called rose of Sharon, starts each day with a fresh round of 4-inch blue-purple ...