• Image of Hibiscus 'Cherry Cheesecake' PP 26,089taken at Walters Gardens, MI by Walters Gardens
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Hibiscus 'Cherry Cheesecake' PP 26,089

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Item #: 6349

Zones: 4a to 9b

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 60" tall

Culture: Sun to Part Sun

Origin: United States Hybrid

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Hibiscus 'Cherry Cheesecake' is a 2013 introduction...a hybrid of the US native Hibiscus moscheutos from the amazing Walters Gardens breeding program. Hibiscus 'Cherry Cheesecake' forms a clump of deciduous stems that rise to 5' tall, clothed with green three-lobed leaves and large 7" wide flowers that emerge from the leaf axils starting in July. Each flower is composed of a base of ruffled, creamy white petals and adorned with a prominent central raspberry blotch from which pink veins radiate into the petals. A lighter raspberry blush appears around the petal edge...a nice touch.

Maintenance:

Hibiscus 'Cherry Cheescake' is a very low maintenance perennials, provided they are growing in the proper conditions. When the plants go dormant in winter, the stalks remain upright and sturdy. We prefer to leave them to give birds a place to perch. The structure also helps the garden remain much more interesting in winter than a flat carpet of brown mulch.

Hibiscus sawfly is the #1 pest of most hibiscus, causing skeletonized leaves. These can be treated with a beneficial bacteria product like Dipel, which contains BT bacillus.

Growing Conditions:

Hibiscus like 'Cherry Cheescake' grow naturally in standing shallow water, although they are quite drought tolerant for short period. The drier the soil, the more the plants will be stressed, which increases the severity of insect damage.

Garden Value:

Perennial hardy hibiscus add an upright garden form to the garden, as well as summer flowering when many spring perennials have finished flowering or gone dormant.Also, there are few plants with such a floral show that tolerates wet soil.

Natural Impacts:

Bees are the primarily pollinators of all of the herbaceous, hardy hibiscus.