Rose of Sharon is a shrub or small tree that blooms with abandon from midsummer until frost.

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Question: We have a hedge of Rose of Sharon plants down the side of our driveway. They’re getting a little overgrown. They’re also very thick because they’ve spread by seed, too. What is the best time ...

Rose of Sharon is a flowering tall shrub that brings vibrant summer color to the landscape with its large trumpet-shaped individual blossoms. Blossom colors vary by cultivar and may be white, pink, ...

Q. My Rose of Sharon is becoming quite large and seems to be producing fewer flowers each year. What can I do? A. I noticed Rose of Sharon in flower in late summer when I traveled out and about in the ...

Q: We live in Upper Bucks. Our Rose of Sharon dies off every winter, never growing into a tall bush. However, new shoots come up from the bottom every spring. Last winter we wrapped them in burlap to ...

Q. My mother has a rose of Sharon bush that has bloomed every year until this year. There has been no flowering of it whatsoever this summer. Is the bush dead or just dormant? Joanne Fee, Hazel Crest ...

Flowers are mere frills, fleeting spots and masses of color. Plant flowering shrubs, and you get both the backbone and the frills in one plant. Look around now: Many summer flowering shrubs are ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. An evergreen flowering ...