There they were, sitting on a sales table among the ranks of other hibiscus shrubs, both hardy and tropical. Nothing about them blared their claim to fame, certainly not the wizened, faded flowers.

After the breakthrough achievements of creating blue and maroon flower colors in hardy hibiscus, Texas A&M AgriLife plant physiologist and breeder Dariusz Malinowski, Ph.D., has now developed the ...

I have been growing a hardy Texas Star hibiscus for many years. My hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineus) is in full bloom right now. The plant dies back during the winter and returns in the spring. Generally, ...

One of my early and fond gardening memories was my Texas Star hibiscus. I picked it up on a shopping spree with mom and dad at a big Houston nursery. It graced my backyard gardens until I moved away ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) has issued a warning for an invasive pest threatening the state's cotton industry. The cotton jassid, or two-spotted leafhopper, was first ...

Since 1997, a shrubby perennial found only in East Texas has been on a waiting list to be officially declared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A ...

Question: I bought a red Texas Star Hibiscus, in March, in a 6" pot and 2 ft tall. I repotted it to a 12" clay pot, put it under deck roof near edge, where it gets a bit of morning sun and filtered ...

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 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced new actions to fight the cotton jassid, also known as the two-spotted leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula), recently found on ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced Monday that an “invasive pest” has made its way into Texas, including Cedar Park, which could lead to infestations on plants and ...