Sugar Tip® Rose of Sharon is a striking semi-dwarf shrub known for its unique, brightly variegated foliage, featuring a beautiful mix of creamy-white and green. This eye-catching plant produces an abundance of clear pink, double flowers throughout the summer, creating a graceful color-on-color effect that enhances any landscape. Its compact size makes it perfect for smaller spaces, while its non-seeding nature ensures low-maintenance beauty. Sugar Tip® is an ideal choice for adding vibrant color and texture to gardens, all season long.
- 5-6 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide at maturity
- Hardy in zones 5-7, be sure to check your USDA zone to ensure success
- Plant in full sun (6+ hours daily)
- Space plants 5-8 feet apart for best results
- Produces double pink flowers throughout summer
- Maintains green and creamy-white variegated foliage spring to frost
- Blooms on new wood
- Great for landscapes, containers or as a focal point
- Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds while resisting deer
- Heat, drought and salt tolerant, long blooming, low maintenance
Care: Fertilize with Proven Winners Continuous Release Plant Food in spring and mid-summer. Requires well-draining soil. Regular pruning is not necessary. If any shaping is desired, do so in early spring. Note that Rose of Sharon is quite late to leaf out in spring, so be patient with it.
Shipping Info:
- Enjoy free shipping on orders over $125
- Size at shipping varies by the season and plant
- Quart shrubs are 5-8 in. at the time of shipment
- 1 Gallon shrubs are 6-24 in. at the time of shipment
- Shrubs shipped Nov-Apr will arrive dormant; shrubs shipped Apr-Oct will arrive green or in bloom
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