Hibiscus :: Rose of Sharon
The Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus syriacus - is a tall shrub that bears Hibiscus type flowers. It is hardy in New England and flowers gloriously in Tucson. I believe it is a malva and a relative of Hollyhocks...
One of my Uncles planted it in my Grandmother's garden n Sea Gate. I remember "helping." It was a pretty bush, but didn't flower until just about when I had to leave to go back to school at the beginning of September... Sea Gate was heaven. School was not!
Hibiscus syriacus, a deciduous flowering shrub native to east Asia, the plant generally referred to in American English as "Rose of Sharon" and the national flower of South Korea. The specific epithet indicates that the plant was originally (and erroneously) thought to originate from Syria.
The flower's name in Korean is Mugunghwa (Korean Hangul: 무궁화, Hanja: 無窮花) meaning 'immortal flower'. Mugunghwa (rose of sharon) has been loved by Korea since highly ancient time like Gojoseon. And Silla (one of the ancient Korea's kingdoms that conquered other kingdoms and completed the shape of Korean peninsula of nowadays)'s 'Hwarang', which means 'flower youth knight' whom excelled in intelligence, courage , and 'beauty' their 'Hwa' indicates mugunghwa. Cheonji-Hwarang, which is the forerunner of Hwarang wore cap sticked with Mugunghwa.(At that time Mugunghwa was called Cheon-Ji-Hwa which means 'flower that indicated the sky' and Cheon-Ji-Hwa was highly sacred by ancient Korean).
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Hibiscus :: Rose of Sharon
The Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus syriacus - is a tall shrub that bears Hibiscus type flowers. It is hardy in New England and flowers gloriously in Tucson. I believe it is a malva and a relative of Hollyhocks...
One of my Uncles planted it in my Grandmother's garden n Sea Gate. I remember "helping." It was a pretty bush, but didn't flower until just about when I had to leave to go back to school at the beginning of September... Sea Gate was heaven. School was not!
Hibiscus syriacus, a deciduous flowering shrub native to east Asia, the plant generally referred to in American English as "Rose of Sharon" and the national flower of South Korea. The specific epithet indicates that the plant was originally (and erroneously) thought to originate from Syria.
The flower's name in Korean is Mugunghwa (Korean Hangul: 무궁화, Hanja: 無窮花) meaning 'immortal flower'. Mugunghwa (rose of sharon) has been loved by Korea since highly ancient time like Gojoseon. And Silla (one of the ancient Korea's kingdoms that conquered other kingdoms and completed the shape of Korean peninsula of nowadays)'s 'Hwarang', which means 'flower youth knight' whom excelled in intelligence, courage , and 'beauty' their 'Hwa' indicates mugunghwa. Cheonji-Hwarang, which is the forerunner of Hwarang wore cap sticked with Mugunghwa.(At that time Mugunghwa was called Cheon-Ji-Hwa which means 'flower that indicated the sky' and Cheon-Ji-Hwa was highly sacred by ancient Korean).
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