Hello all! I was given a cutting and I asked the person that gave it to me if they knew what its name was but they didn't. I don't have picture of it. It is blood red down in the heart of the bloom then goes to a hot pink and the edges of the bloom are a tangerine color, it's absolutely gorgeous! poodle
Thank you Ed!!! That's it, I googled that name and I found one on Wiki-pedia that is the color of mine. They come in many different colors. It's a miracle it lived, I had three and only one made it, I had them in a lousy place to start with and when the other two were on their way out I got this one in a pot and a better location. The elderly gentleman that gave them to me runs a feed store and he had three monstrously huge plants in front of the store, some of the branches were 5 or 6 inches in circumfance and at least 5ft tall. I was so taken by this one that he gave me three cuttings. I was over there today and he had to do some repairs and paint and he cut all three to the ground! and this one isn't coming back. If it doesn't, I'll give him a cutting from mine when it gets some age on it. Their also called China Rose, I wish I knew what Pretty One is in Chinese, so for now I may just name it Meh-Ling. poodle
Glad to help poodle, I have a few of these at home myself, just pruned them back by 1/3 (spring here at the moment), starting to get new growth already....enjoy Ed
I can't get used to pruning things back. I have some Salvia that it is suggested to prune them back by 1/3 in August (Texas time) to encourage blooms in the fall. I only got them this spring and I basicly tipped them, 1/3 seems so severe! I read on one of the sites when I googled 'Hibiscus rosa-sinensis' that someone's father used the rosa-sinensis root stock to graft different colored Hibiscus onto, somtimes 3 or 4 different colors on the same bush. They said people would get out of their cars and come up in the yard to look at them. We're going into winter but the Gulf Coast can still be hot this time of year, Oct. here now. What do you have in the way of Hibiscus plants? poodle
Poodle....It's still October over here as well!! lol... Seriously now, I have about 8 Hibiscus's at the moment. A few H rosa-sinensis, with a tangerine to deep orange, with a nearly red throat. I don't know what the others are though, A bright yellow with red throat, a variagated leaf form with pure red flower and a white flower form. If you had seen how leggy my Hibiscus were before then you would have been begging me to prune, they grow pretty quick here. Ed
I'm throughly confused with the October thing, I thought you said it was Spring there. Things grow pretty quick on the Coast, as the crow flies I'm about 70 mi. from the Gulf of Mexico but that is still considered the coast. Our temps can be in the 90's with the humidity 90 per cent, that can really cause a lot of mold problems, but we're fortuante that we can grow tropical stuff. We occasionally have a rare freeze but generally our winters can be like mild summers. Your yellow with the red throat sounds like a real looker! How long have you been growing Hibiscus's? poodle
Thanks Daniel, As you can tell, I'n not up on equatorial things. Boy, that really seems so odd, being as I've lived just the oposite all my life. poodle
I'll see if it is flowering this arvo when I get home and take a pic if it is. I have only been growing Hibiscus for about 4 years, they are not my favourite plant but I love them nevertheless... Ed
Poodle re Salvias prune them you can't kill them and they will be great and bushy. I let mine go and some are very leggy. Liz who is also on the spring side of the world :)
I'm personally torn between Roses and Hibiscus. I don't like some of the types of Hibiscus's that I see, the colors are really gaggy. I'm limited on property, so will have be picky. On the other hand I'm not very fond of the old timey Roses either (take less care). The hybrid Roses can be so picky, don't know if I want to invest the time it takes to care for them. I pretty much think this Hybiscus will live since its mother plant was growing without a lot of care. Yes, please take a pic if you can get one, I'd love to see it. poodle
