I bought this 'Confederate Rose' (Hibiscus mutabilis) about a year ago from Bioscape. The bloom starts off almost white, goes pink during the day, and the next day it's practically carmine.
There's quite a lot of variablity in the species. I think I've read that the single blooms throughout the year; this double/triple only started to bloom this week, but if it blooms like last year, it will bloom until hit by frost, and again all spring. The leaves go a bit wilty in the heat of the afternoon sun no matter how much it gets watered, but I'd say it's very drought tolerant: It made it through a dry spring without hardly any irrigation, and it's in almost full afternoon sun.
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This hibiscus is gorgeous! We, too, garden in Central FL and something is eating all of our young hibiscus. The older established leaves are fine, but any new growth disappears and we're confounded!
Have you checked for aphids? They love the buds. Insecticidal soap will take care of them
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