Coconut Cream brings a soft creamy yellow to the hardy hibiscus lineup, one of the deepest yellow tones available in these plants. The large blooms open earlier than other pale yellow types and sit against dark green leaves.
The plant grows in a globe shape about 4 to 4½ feet tall and 4 feet wide, with a more upright form than older cream varieties. Use it in the middle or back of a sunny border as a late-season focal point from midsummer into late summer.
What it looks like
A rounded, globe-shaped bush 48 to 54 inches tall and about 48 inches wide with dark green, broad leaves on upright stems. Flowers are large and saucer-shaped with smooth, overlapping petals in creamy pale yellow. Blooms are held across the top and sides of the rounded plant. At peak the dark green globe is dotted with soft butter-cream flowers.
Growing it with lavender
Full sun suits it, but its thirst for steady moisture puts it in a watered border, pond edge or rain garden rather than beside lavender.
Care
Plant in full sun for the most flowers; part shade is tolerated. It grows in poor to fertile soil but needs consistent moisture and should never dry out for long; hardy in zones 4-9. It is slow to wake up in spring, so mark the spot, and cut the old stems to the ground in late fall or early spring.
At a glance
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Botanical name: Hibiscus
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Flower color: Creamy yellow
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Foliage: Dark green
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Growth habit: Rounded, globe-shaped bush
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Mature size: 4 ft–54 in tall × 4 ft wide
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USDA hardiness zones: 4–9
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Light: full sun, part sun to part shade
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Bloom start: Early-July
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Peak bloom: Early-August
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Bloom pattern: Long Blooming
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Deer resistance: Moderately resistant
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Pollinator value: Great
Sizes and shipping
Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly. Hardy hibiscus arrives fully dormant and is one of the last perennials to wake up: expect no new growth until late May or June. That is normal, so plant it, water lightly and be patient.
Shipping note: Emerges late; dormant crowns look lifeless in spring until growth starts in late May or June.
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