I have teamed up with Nature Hills Nursery to bring you a sweet summer giveaway! Now is the perfect time to add some mid to late summer bloomers to your garden so you get to enjoy beauty all season long. Instantly fill your garden with elegant, large white flowers that will get the neighbors talking! Continue reading to learn all about how to enter to win.
Nature Hills Nursery is America's largest online plant nursery offering perennials, flower bulbs, and seeds to suit your gardening needs. They also offer a vast selection of trees including fruit, flowering and ornamental varieties. They also have an incredible range of gorgeous roses and unique ornamental grasses. Their website allows you to search and browse for your landscaping needs all at the tips of your fingers.
About Rose Of Sharon
Rose Of Sharon, also know as Hibiscus syriacus, is a flowering deciduous shrub or small tree. They are native to East Asia and can bring the look of the tropics to USDA zones 5-9. These sun loving plants can grow anywhere from 8 to 12 feet high and boast large showy blossoms. They come in a variety of colors from bright pink all the way to crisp white. An excellent shrub to add to your landscape especially if you are looking to attract birds, butterflies and an array of pollinators.
White Chiffon Rose Of Sharon
White Chiffon Rose Of Sharon boasts large, graceful flowers with a lacy looking center. It is adaptable to most well-drained soil and makes an excellent border shrub. They are easy to care for and also can be pruned into small trees. This variety blooms from late summer to late fall and looks stunning amongst dark foliaged plants. They are vigorous growers with a uniform habit and do not require heavy pruning. It is hardy down to -20°F and is a reliable, long lasting bloomer. These flowers will put on a show for years to come!
How To Grow
When selecting a location for your new plant choose a spot with full sun to part shade. Take your new plant and dig a hole 2-3 times winder than the pot. Make sure your hole is the same depth as your container. Then, remove the rootball from the pot and place into your newly dug hole. If you would like, you can add some fresh new garden soil or compost when filling it in. Give your new plant a healthy watering and apply 2-3 inches of mulch. Rose Of Sharon is an easy shrub to care for and very low maintenance. Give it an extra boost by fertilizing in spring and midsummer. You can also add a layer of compost each spring as well as new mulch. If your plant needs pruning, do this in late winter/early spring since flowers are produced on new wood. If you see dead or injured branches, these can be removed at any time. When you give these flowers just a little bit of care, they will reward you with exotic looking blooms year after year!
Giveaway!
I'm teaming up with Nature Hills Nursery to give away White Chiffon Rose Of Sharon plant to one of my lucky readers! All you have to do comment on this post and tell me what you are excited to add to your garden this year. Follow the social media accounts listed below and share for extra entries in this giveaway! This contest will run from June 9th to June 19th. I will be announcing a winner on Monday, June 20th at 9 p.m. ET. Don't forget to check back to see if you've won! A winner will be picked at random from the comment section below.
Do you grow Rose Of Sharon in your garden? I've added some White Chiffon along with Purple Pillar Rose Of Sharon to my yard this year. I'm so excited to watch them all begin to flower and fill my landscape with color! I'd love it if you shared with me what new varieties you have or are planning on adding to your garden this season! Have pictures you want to share? Tweet them to me on Twitter @thefreckledrose. Don't forget to check out the wonderful selection of Rose Of Sharon available on the Nature Hills Nursery website along with so many other great plants!
Disclaimer: Nature Hills Nursery provided me with a White Chiffon Rose Of Sharon shrub and will be providing this plant for one lucky reader. They also provided me with some of the images used in this post. I was not paid to write this article, and all opinions are my own. I only promote companies I enjoy and products I use in my own garden!
92 Comments
Jenny
June 18, 2016 at 7:16 amI’m growing my first garden this year and I’m excited about ALL of it! This plant will make it even more beautiful. Thanks
Jennifer DeFrates/Heaven Not Harvard
June 18, 2016 at 12:53 amI’ve never heard of this flower before. I have lots of color in my garden. Some white would be a nice addition.
Brandie
June 17, 2016 at 9:12 pmSuch a beautiful flower! That would look great in my yard!
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:19 pmAren’t they just stunning? Good luck in the giveaway Brandie!
Meg Taylor
June 17, 2016 at 8:42 pmThis is wonderful!! My husband and I are actually closing on a house this Wednesday, so anything for the outside of our new home would be fantastic – thanks for the opportunity!
Meg, Borrowed Heaven
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:19 pmCongratulations on the new home Meg! What an exciting time 🙂 Wishing you luck in the giveaway!
Alana
June 17, 2016 at 6:07 pmHere in upstate New York, I’ve seen very few, if any, all white Rose of Sharon. I would love to win this. Thank you for the giveaway!
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:20 pmUpstate New York is beautiful! Spent some time there last summer 🙂 Good luck in the giveaway Alana!
Sandy Zimmer
June 17, 2016 at 4:06 pmMy Rose of Sharon died out, this white one would be a great replacement.
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:21 pmSorry to hear that Sandy. It’s such a bummer to lose plants! Wishing you luck in the giveaway!
Amy Orvin
June 16, 2016 at 10:00 amI would love to win because I have never had one before and I think it would be pretty in my garden.
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:22 pmIt really is a show stopper when it blooms! I’m sure it would look lovely in your garden. Good luck in the giveaway Amy!
Justine Y @ Little Dove
June 15, 2016 at 10:49 pmSo gorgeous! I love pretty blooms but because of all the deer we have around we have to make sure they’re netted or behind a tall fence. There is VERY little that they won’t eat, lol.
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:24 pmI know how it feels dealing with critters Justine! The gophers like to eat the roots of my rose buses as well as clematis. Luckily, I think Rose Of Sharon is relatively deer resistant! Good luck in the giveaway!
Lisa Sharp
June 15, 2016 at 1:24 pmSo beautiful! We just bought a new house so I’m looking at things to add to our already beautiful gardens.
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:25 pmCongratulations on your new home Lisa! Wishing you luck in the giveaway!
Catrin - theVeganista
June 15, 2016 at 2:52 amWow, this is so beautiful!!
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:25 pmAren’t they stunning Catrin?
Monica Konyar
June 14, 2016 at 6:44 pmMy first home had a Rose of Sharon and I always loved it. It would look perfect in my garden!
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:26 pmI’m relatively new to growing it, but I’m already in love! They are definitely a garden favorite of mine Monica. Wishing you luck in the giveaway!
Jeanne Grunert
June 14, 2016 at 4:42 pmThank you for sharing this giveaway! I love these plants. #HomeMattersParty
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:27 pmAlways happy to link up Jeanne! 🙂
Emily Murphy
June 14, 2016 at 4:11 pmWonderful giveaway, Angie! Just love Rose of Sharon. 🙂
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:27 pmThanks Emily! Good luck in the giveaway!
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June 14, 2016 at 1:38 pmSo glad you shared at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/06/west-side-story.html. I’ve pinned this!
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:28 pmThanks for pinning! 🙂
Jen McGuinness (@JenMGardens)
June 14, 2016 at 12:12 pmI have a white variety growing in my front garden and a stowaway pink one was in another plant I purchased and has now been moved to the back garden!
Thefreckledrose
June 17, 2016 at 9:29 pmOh I absolutely love stowaway plants! I’d love to add new colors each year, they are one of my favorite shrubs! Good luck in the giveaway Jen!