The Korean Rose Mallow

The Korean Rose  mallow...In Europe and the cooler parts of Asia and the cooler places  in the hill  of Sabah, the Korean Rose -Mallow,Hibiscus-syriacus  with blue purple flowers grows well but it dose not grow well in the lowlandsThe species is instantly recognisable however,by the bluish -purple colour of  its flowers which no others Hibicuis  has,though white and pink -flowered varieties -single and double are common in cooler climates one in Sabah,Like the Bunga Raya ,it is native to Asia,but was first came from Syria thus syriacus  but in fact was only grown there as garden plant.In Korea it has been grown for centuries and is now South Koreas  national-flower.According toWikipedia, the local name is mu-gong-hwa and the flowers simbolic significance stems from the Korean words mugung which means eternity.ADA SAMBUNGAN LAGI INI........