Hibiscus

Beautiful flower on my Hibiscus tree.

Neat facts about this flower:

• Hibiscus is known as “shoe flower” in China because people use hibiscus to polish their shoes.

• Women in Tahiti and Hawaii wear hibiscus flower behind the right ear when they want to announce that they are single and ready for marriage. Married women wear hibiscus behind the left ear.

• Brightly colored flowers of hibiscus are rich source of natural dyes that are used in the food industry. Women in China use dyes extracted from hibiscus flowers to dye their eyebrows and hair.

Read more facts here: http://www.softschools.com/facts/plants/hibiscus_facts/946/