Anyone can incorporate a tropical effect into their garden. This is a pic of my Disco Belle seedlings hibiscus. This is one among many of the hardy types of hibiscus. They are perfectly hardy with no protection to at least zone 5. They do look very tropical though. I work for a landscaping business and one of the wholesale nurseries we deal with gave us free, a couple hundred of these! All we had to do was come out and dig them from their field. the owner of the nursery didn't like them and said it made their field look like it was full of dishrags! lol Kinda nice for dishrags don't you thing?

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