Growing in a yard in Guntersville Alabama I saw a wonderful bush with fluffy pink flowers. The bush and flowers were quite large. Traveling on through in Richland, Ga. near Columbus, I saw another group of them at a restaurant. The owner told me they were called "Cherokee Rose" and that some started out pink and turned white, others were vice versa. I asked if they were a type of hibiscus since I knew they were not a rose variety and were not what I know as Cherokee Rose. They had a leaf sort of like a maple and were velvety in texture. He gave me some cuttings and I am starting them in my Florida home. Can any one help me with the identification and the zones where they will survive? I have never noticed them in Middle Tennessee where I live in the summer. I really like this plant.
The "Confederate Rose" when researched is listed as a true rose, white in color with many thorns. I guess I wanted to know if there is a perennial hibicus that is also called by that name.
Cherokee rose: http://www.google.com/search?q=cher...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Confederate rose: http://www.google.com/search?q=conf...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
There is a cultivar of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis "Cherokee Sunset". It was developed in Florida and registered in 2002. This would not be a hardy hibiscus, but would grow in Florida with protection. I can't find any description, just the registration info: http://www.australianhibiscus.com/Database/RegistrationsAlpha/c_registrations.htm
