This plant is a small version of a plant found growing naturally in the swamps of eastern north America.

Robert Fleming hardy hibiscus is a compact perennial that bears large crimson flowers in the summer months. It reaches a height of about three feet with a width of about two feet so is perfectly suited to small urban gardens. As a form of the swamp rose mallow it prefers moist, and even wet, soils but can manage in average garden soils with regular deep watering in hot dry conditions.