Phlowers – Rose of Sharon Topiary

On By TimelessladyIn Phlowers

Years ago, a blogging friend sent me seeds from her Rose of Sharon. I nurtured one sprout for years and now it stands in our backyard garden border as a Rose of Sharon topiary.

Growing bushes that normally sprawl in many directions as a topiary saves the garden bed beneath the branches for annuals and perennials. In the vicinity of the Rose of Sharon grow vinca, violets, iris, gladiolus, and two Knockout rose bushes; all have enough room and sunlight to thrive.

The color of the flowers is a lovely lavender accented with a band of red in the inner recesses of the petals. The stamen is interesting, and I have seen bees and hummingbirds dip into the center. One of the pests that can attack these flowers is Japanese beetles, but so far this year, the beetles have not appeared.

I love the way the petals glow when the sunlight illuminates them from above. I used this flower as my blog’s August header. Today’s photographs are part of Skywatch Friday and Floral Friday Fotos.

PS Another wonderful aspect of this plant is its ability to self-seed. On either side of the tree, and a bit further down the border, I have identified seedlings that are a year or two old and growing well. When it is time, I will bring them to topiary size too in the coming years.

21 thoughts on “Phlowers – Rose of Sharon Topiary”

    1. I love these plants. Today I was walking along the Pitman Tabernacle sidewalks, and I saw a really unique one that was the palest pink. I don’t know that I’ve seen many of that color. Whatever the color they are lovely.

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  8. yogiabb's avatar yogiabb

    Gorgeous!! My wife has one in our backyard and it flowers for a long time and the native pollinators love it. I have taken many photographs of it and never get tired of it.

    She has a white rose of sharon bush in the front yard and it is also beautiful.

    YogisDen.us

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  10. There were a lot of Rose of Sharon in our Woodlake Rose Garden. They are a beautiful ornamental tree. I love the color and how wonderful that you started it from seed and have new sproutes growing up.

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