Features:
Common name: Guinea sorrel, Roselle, Karakandji, Indian Sorrel
Family: Malvaceae
Origin: Africa
Height at maturity: up to 3 meters
Hardiness: 10°C
Exposure: sunny
Plant type: ornamental shrub
Vegetation: perennial
Foliage: deciduous
Flowering: June to October
Flower color: red
Soil type: poor soil or rich soil
Watering: regular
Use: indoors, pot, massive outdoor
Diseases and Pests:-
Toxicity: not determined
Storage of seeds: 2 years in a dry place away from light at 3/4°C (refrigerator)
Description:
Roselle is a fast growing plant that can reach 3 meters in height. It grows in good soil and temperature conditions about thirty centimeters per month.
It offers superb flowers (with a diameter of 10cm) whose heart is purple and the petals (5) have a gradient ranging from pink to yellow. Flowering occurs 6-8 weeks after the plant begins to grow.
This plant offers an aspect of lightness and finesse due to its deciduous foliage composed of fine lanceolate green leaves*.
This plant cannot stand the cold and dies below 10°C. Its indoor cultivation in temperate zones is therefore essential. Grown in pots, it can find its place outdoors during the hottest months.
This hibiscus can grow in poor soil but rich soil will promote much faster growth.
*leaf which has the shape of a spearhead.
