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Landscape Shrubs
Althea, Rose-of-Sharon
(Hibiscus syriacus)
Form with white flowers
![Picture of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, shrub form with white summer flowers. Picture of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, shrub form with white summer flowers.](/yard-garden/images/plant_db/shrubs/hibiscus_syriacus_flfm.jpg)
Flower structure
![Picture closeup of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, purple flower structure. Picture closeup of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, purple flower structure.](/yard-garden/images/plant_db/shrubs/hibiscus_syriacus_fl.jpg)
Fruit
![Picture closeup of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, woody capsule fruit. Picture closeup of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, woody capsule fruit.](/yard-garden/images/plant_db/shrubs/hibiscus_syriacus_fr.jpg)
Form with purple flowers
![Picture of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, shrub form with purple summer flowers. Picture of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, shrub form with purple summer flowers.](/yard-garden/images/plant_db/shrubs/hibiscus_syriacus_flfm2.jpg)
Flower bud
![Picture closeup of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, purple flower bud just beginning to open. Picture closeup of Althea (Hibiscus syriacus), or Rose-of-Sharon, purple flower bud just beginning to open.](/yard-garden/images/plant_db/shrubs/hibiscus_syriacus_flbud.jpg)