Botanicals

Hibiscus

A tropical splash of lilac that earns its spot on the shelf, just don't put it in the middle of the room.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 10372 · 2025

Pieces660

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number10372

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The verdict

The Hibiscus is another genuinely lovely entry in the Botanicals line, and the moment I saw those lilac blooms against the green foliage I understood why people keep coming back to this theme.

It builds in a nice rhythm, flowers then stem then leaves, so it never turns into a repetition slog. The catch is that thick, dead-straight plastic stem and a back that's noticeably bare, plus a price bump that stings a little at 660 pieces. If you want a plant for a shelf or a windowsill you'll adore it. If you wanted a full centerpiece to walk around, temper that.

Best for: Botanicals collectors who want a bright shelf or desk plant next to their Orchid and Bird of Paradise

The full review

What it is

There's a specific kind of joy in a LEGO plant that actually convinces you, and the Hibiscus lands that more often than not. This is the 2025 tropical addition to the Botanicals family, and it gives you five large open blooms, four flowers just about to burst, and two young buds, all in a soft lilac that the designers modeled on the hardier Common Hibiscus rather than the big tropical version. The first thing that got me was how the lavender and magenta petals sit against the green, it's a color pairing that makes the whole thing glow on a shelf. It arrives in a brick-built pot and slots right in next to the Orchid, the Bird of Paradise and the Poinsettia as a proper desk or windowsill plant.

The catch

Nearly every reviewer landed on the same note, and I'm with them. The stem is the weak link. It's formed from just two large cylindrical pieces, which makes it ramrod straight, a touch oversized, and very obviously plastic in a way the flowers themselves never are. The back of the model is bare too, so this thing wants to live against a wall or on a shelf, not floating in the middle of a table where you'd see the empty side. And at 660 pieces for seventy dollars, there's a real feeling that one more flower or a bit more foliage to fill out the back wouldn't have gone amiss. It's a lovely set that stops just short of feeling generous.

Who it's for

The people who end up happy here are easy to spot. If you already collect Botanicals, or you just want a splash of color on a shelf that you never have to water, this is an easy yes and you'll love the front-on view every single day. If you're chasing the most clever engineering LEGO has put in a plant, or you specifically need something that looks good from all angles as a centerpiece, this one will leave you wanting. Set it against something, tweak the petals, and it rewards you. Ask it to be a 360-degree showpiece and it can't quite get there.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building the Hibiscus is a pleasant back-and-forth rather than a grind. You bounce between assembling the individual flowers, working up the stem, and clipping on leaves, so the pace stays fresh the whole way through. It leans surprisingly hard on Technic, which feels odd for a nature set until you see how natural the branching turns out. The flowers themselves are the highlight to build, each one coming together in stages so the finished plant reads as a living thing caught at different moments of bloom.

For parts people there's real treasure here. The stem uses a newly recolored Technic toggle joint (part 87408) where it branches, and the set introduces 135-degree macaroni pieces that open up tree-branch shapes the old macaroni and dinosaur-tail elements couldn't quite manage. You also get dark tan Technic Connectors #3, a color only introduced in 2025 and still rare across the catalog, plus those lilac and magenta petal recolors that builders are already eyeing for Friends and Disney Princess MOCs. It's a solid haul of useful new and recolored elements for a 660-piece box.

Fun facts

01The Hibiscus released on August 1, 2025 at 69.99 USD, joining the Botanicals lineup alongside the Orchid, Bird of Paradise and Poinsettia.
02The plant is built with five large blooms, four flowers about to blossom, and two young buds, so it captures several stages of flowering at once.
03The designers based the color on the Common Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus), a hardier woody plant that thrives in cooler climates rather than the big tropical variety.
04The set debuts 135-degree macaroni pieces, a new mold that gives builders branch shapes the existing macaroni and dinosaur-tail parts couldn't achieve.