Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A funny thing or two about Hibiscus, 0 by Monocromatico

Monocromatico wrote:
So I moved in early november, and by that time the terrain on the other side of the street was clean, some grass growing here and there. A month later the grass became tall. Then, having a walk there to see what kind of plants were growing there, what wasn´t my surprise when I saw a hibiscus. A volunteer hibiscus! It was amazing, I didn´t know H. rosa-sinenis would grow here without any help.

So I took a cutting right away. I took 2 cuttings actually, each having 3 mature leaves and no flower buds. It was 3 months ago. This week I checked out them and noticed a flower growing on one of them. And then it opened today. The flower was quite small compared to the original plant. It made me think if it is possible to keep a normal Hibiscus short and make them produce tiny flowers that would be small copies of huge ones.

Here are the pictures. The fist one is a shot of the original flower.