96 - 144 Inches 72 - 120 Inches 72 - 120 Inches 2.4m - 3.7m 1.8m - 3.0m 1.8m - 3.0m Features The newest color to join the award-winning series. Many superlative qualities set the Chiffon® series of rose of Sharon apart from the rest: graceful, rounded habit. More flowers, for a longer time, and with better coverage of the plant. Powderpuff flowers that face outward like beaming, smiling faces. And now, richly colored Magenta Chiffon joins Lavender, Blue, White, and Pink for a full complement of effortless summer beauty. Whether you plant one striking specimen of your favorite variety or mix and match for a colorful collection, you will see that Chiffon roses of Sharon are anything but conventional. Top reasons to plant Magenta Chiffon rose of Sharon: - Saturated magenta-purple powderpuff blooms. - Elegant, graceful habit that moves in the breeze - not stiff and awkward like other roses of Sharon. - Low seed set means fewer nuisance seedlings popping up everywhere. Long Blooming Attracts:  Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds Characteristics Plant Type:  Shrub Shrub Type:  Deciduous Height Category:  Tall Garden Height:  96 - 144 Inches 2.4m - 3.7m Spacing:  72 - 120 Inches 1.8m - 3.0m Spread:  72 - 120 Inches 1.8m - 3.0m Flower Colors:  Purple Flower Shade:  Magenta Foliage Colors:  Green Foliage Shade:  Green Habit:  Upright Container Role:  Thriller Plant Needs Light Requirement:  Sun The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours). Maintenance Category:  Easy Blooms On:  New Wood Bloom Time:  Summer through Fall Hardiness Zones:  5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b Water Category:  Average Uses:  Border Plant Uses:  Good for Screening Uses:  Landscape Uses:  Mass Planting Uses:  Specimen or Focal Point Uses Notes:  Roses of Sharon are large plants that are best left plenty of space to produce maximum blooms. They make a colorful hedge or specimen. Maintenance Notes:  Thanks to their naturally graceful habit, Chiffon roses of Sharon don't require much pruning. If you wish to prune them, however, early spring is the best time to do so. Note that rose of Sharon is quite late to leaf out in spring, so be patient with it. We recommend full sun for rose of Sharon for the maximum amount of blooming and best color, but it can grow and flower reasonably well in partially shaded spots. Fun Facts:  The Chiffon series was developed by Dr. Roderick Woods of England, who is also a world-reknown physicist with important contributions to motorcycle safety gear. Magenta Chiffon® Hibiscus syriacus 'Rwoods5' USPP 29,683, Can 6,489 Professional Growing Information