Texas A&M AgriLife’s Novel Winter-Hardy Hibiscus Hybrids Hitting US Market

VERNON – The 2018 Summer Spice Hardy Hibiscus collection by Texas A&M AgriLife Research debuts this weekend with 11 cultivars commercialized by J. Berry Nursery in Grand Saline.

“For the first time ever, in collaboration with J. Berry Nursery, we have developed a number of compact cultivars with novel flower colors ranging from the illusive blue, through various shades of red, coral, magenta, purple, silver and dual colors,” said Dr. Dariusz Malinowski, plant physiologist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Vernon.

The introductory sale of some of these new lines can be found at retail outlets primarily in Texas.

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