Hibiscus aculeatus | Comfort root | Pineland hibiscus | 10_seeds Bedstraw hawkmoth

Hibiscus aculeatus | Comfort root | Pineland hibiscus | 10_seeds Bedstraw hawkmothThis is Hibiscus aculeatus, also known as Comfort root, Big thicket hibiscus, Pineland hibiscus. This plant likes to live in full sun to partial shade where it grows about 3 feet high. Yellow, cream, and tan flowers are in blossom repeatedly from early Spring until early Winter where they are very popular with the birds, bees, and butterflies. Hibiscus plants in general are a nectar source for the Cloudless Sulphur, Orbed Sulphur, Disguised Scrub

and also referred to by the synonym Coronilla varia

This is Murraya paniculata

This plant does well in full sun and partial shade

USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11

If its not the gorgeous clusters of blossoms that catch your attention

The bark fiber is used to make string

This is a tropical epiphyte shrub with woody branched stems

Corky Passionflower

and bishops lace

Anywhere below USDA Hardiness zone 9 should be planted in a protective area and mulched heavily for the winter

USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10

This is Choerospondias axillaris