Scientific name: Hibiscus syriacus
Common name: Rose of Sharon, Korean Hibiscus, Rose of Althea
Family: Malvaceae
Native plant of: East Asia
It is the National Flower of South Korea
Korean name : mugunghwa (Hangul: 무궁화; Hanja: 無窮花).
The flower's symbolic significance stems from the Korean word mugung, which means "immortality".*
*Source: Wikipedia, link is here.
Family: Malvaceae
Native plant of: East Asia
It is the National Flower of South Korea
Korean name : mugunghwa (Hangul: 무궁화; Hanja: 無窮花).
The flower's symbolic significance stems from the Korean word mugung, which means "immortality".*
*Source: Wikipedia, link is here.
Photographs taken by Autumn Belle at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
Grateful thanks to Dr. Francis Ng of The Secret Garden of 1-Utama.
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24 sweet words:
what a gorgeous flower! Pretty color.
lovely..yes, what a fantastic color.
Wow ... now that's a beauty!
Thats a beauty! Never seen this colour before on hibiscus.
Malaysia national flower is red and Korea national flower is purple. Both from the hibiscus family. Interesting colour.
Good Morning my dear friends!
Yes it is indeed a beauty. I looks like images of the Hibiscus 'Blue Bird' from Google search, but my eyes seem to register the colour as purple.
This is a temperate plant that finds living in hot, equatorail Malaysia 'difficult'. I guess Dr. Ng did it with his magic green fingers!
What colour did you see - blue or purple?
Beautiful pictures. This plant is also a native of India, but has now gone out of fashion with the gardeners here. I love the colour of the flowers.
Oh ... lovely lavender bud unfurling Autumn Belle! Well done! ;>)
How gorgeous...these are wonderful! I know when i visit here I can always count on alll the beuaty you will share!!
thankyou!!
Malaysia and Korea have same flower as their national flower!
This purple hibiscus is really pretty!
That looks like a beautiful purple hibiscus to me.
My dear friends, I'm glad you like this hibiscus too.
Malar, our national flower, the Bunga Raya is Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Brilliant Red. We do share the same genus but the species is different. The genus hibiscus has more than 200 species ;-)
Dear Autumn Belle, Hibiscus are, indeed, lovely. I am always surprised to see how well they do in Hungary notwithstanding extremely cold winters. Yet in Britain they can be tricky. Too wet, perhaps?
Oh! That's the national flower of South Korea? Nice flower!
amazing. We have them in Macedonia as well. great color.
Such a lovely specie. I saw really huge blooms in Brisbane.
Such a beautiful hibiscus!!
I see this as a beautiful purple. It's beauty is really outstanding!
Hi Autumn Belle, I'm so excited that the hibiscus on our roof patio has finally started to bud. I'm hoping for at least a few blossoms before winter sets in. I've had the plant for many years, cut it back every fall and keep it in the stairwell. Some summers it then blooms gloriously, some summers not at all. But then the summers here vary greatly.
I had no idea that Hibiscus syriacus grows so well in tropical climates...There is a hedge of it here in my parents' garden in Michigan and our winters are quite frigid. We also have two red-flowered specimens of Hibicus rosa-sinensis but of course those are in conatiners and spent the winter cozily cooped up in the living room.
I had a purple blue hibiscus just like the one you on your top picture. Sadly the plant died due to alphid invasion.
How beautiful! I really like the pretty lavender color...
It's a pleasure going through your pictures, Autumn Belle. I have the same hibiscus but it'll take some more time for it to look as good as the ones you've posted!:)
I love the color. Beautiful flower...
Thanks for dropping by at my TF post :)
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