Plant Tags

This plant is a lesson to not fully believe what the little plastic tags on plants say. This is a Cottonwood Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), and its a bit of a mystery as to how big these trees/large shrubs get to, as they havent been growing in WA for long enough to know. They are easy to control, easy to prune (seriously, very easy, the wood is deliciously soft and easy to cut) so if they do get too big they can be brought back to size but be warned, they are fast growers. Plant tags state that this plant can grow an average of 7m, however that is to different conditions then what we have in WA. Horticulturists arent certain if it could get bigger then this as different soil, temperature, average rainfall, etc impacts how big a plant will get. So in future, if youre planting a shrub and just going off the info on the plant tag, please be prepared that the plant may not behave exactly as the tag implies.