HIBISCUS syriacus 'White Chiffon'

Description:Common name: Rose mallow ?White Chiffon?. Hibiscus are useful for late summer colour as they produce their showy flowers late in the season - from July to October. This recent introduction has beautiful pure white semi double flowers which show off amongst the mid green leaves

Uses: A large shrub suited to a mixed border in a sunny position

Climate/Position: Sunny, sheltered position required

Height/Spread: 2- 3 metres x 1-2 metres, but can slowly mature to a larger specimen

Soil Requirements: Any well drained fertile soil but slightly alkaline is preferable

Pruning: Avoid pruning unless removing damaged stems or shaping the shrub

Special Requirements: Be patient in spring as it is very late coming into leaf so don't think it has died

Additional Interest: This cultivar introduced in 1997, it was discovered by Dr. Roderick Woods, an amateur flower breeder of Cambridge, England, the variety came close to not being saved. Dr. woods was attempting to breed an improved pink, because they were not pink, they were nearly destroyed. However, Ivan Dick of the National Hibiscus Collection in Woodbridge, Suffolk, saved two specimens for further development. These became 'White Chiffon' & 'Lavender Chiffon' initially marketed through Notcutts Nurseries in Suffolk