Thai Botanic · Project plant supply
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus tiliaceus supplied from Thailand for landscape projects. Salt-hardy coastal tree for beachfront planting, screening and dune stabilisation.
Sea hibiscus, beach hibiscus · Malvaceae · Evergreen small tree
Also traded as Talipariti tiliaceum.
Large heart-shaped leaves and yellow hibiscus flowers that deepen to orange-red through the day. A natural shoreline species, taking salt spray and sand directly, with a low spreading habit that suits informal coastal planting.
Specification
| Mature height | 4–10 m |
|---|---|
| Crown spread | 5–10 m — often wider than tall |
| Caliper range supplied | 5–22 cm standard, measured 1 m above soil level. Larger by arrangement. |
| Root-ball diameter | 50–100 cm (indicative) |
| Growth rate | Fast |
| Habit | Evergreen |
| Flowering | Yellow ageing to orange-red within the day; near year-round |
Landscape use
Beachfront planting, dune stabilisation, resort gardens, informal screening and windbreaks on exposed shorelines. It can be grown as a multi-stemmed spreading form or trained to a clear stem, depending on the effect wanted.
Fast growth and salt tolerance make it useful for establishing shelter quickly on a new coastal site, behind which slower species can be planted.
Site tolerance
| Drought | Moderate to high |
|---|---|
| Salinity | Very high — direct salt spray and saline sand |
| Wind | Very high |
| Soil | Sandy and coastal soils; tolerates periodic waterlogging |
| Heat | High |
| USDA zone | 10–12 |
Export notes
Supplied root-balled and wrapped, or as multi-stem stock where that form is wanted. Phytosanitary certification accompanies every shipment. See export and compliance, and how the root ball is built, wrapped and loaded for the container on our nursery site.
For available sizes and current stock in this species, message us on WhatsApp at +66 93 425 9892 or email contact@thaibotanic.com — or browse the species catalogue. This is one of the species we grow and supply regularly. If you are working to a programme, send the planting schedule and we will plan lifting and shipping around it. Where a design calls for something outside our usual range, we source it through the nursery network we have worked with for years, given reasonable notice.
Supply grades
| Grade | Overall height | Clear trunk | Spread | Caliper (min) | Grown in | Root ball |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 1500 mm | 1000 mm | 1000 mm | 30 mm | 40 L | 100% coco peat |
| Medium | 2500 mm | 1500 mm | 1000 mm | 50 mm | 100 L | 100% coco peat |
| Large | 4000 mm | 2000 mm | 2000 mm | 80 mm | 300 L | 100% coco peat |