Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid Atlantic Tropicals, 2 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Grayce.
I hear ya. I inherited my tropicals from the local nursery that grew them and many others where I worked until they closed and moved to Florida. None of the tropicals I have require very much care or special treatment at all other than to keep them from freezing to death in the winter...bring em in in late fall and out again when nite temps stabilize around 50 degrees, water them, feed them, and watch them grow! Rinse, repeat. And, for me, each new kind of plant I get to know opens new worlds of wonder and to appreciate other ways of being in the world. Maybe my tropicals demonstrate exuberance and the ability to grow beyond expectations and to stay alive in a 'jungle' and other such lessons from time to time...Stop by the swap at sallyg's and I'll 'loan' you one on approval or trade for some home grown veggies! I know nothing about evergreens!

Speaking of sallyg and swap just wanted to post some pics of a tropical hibiscus named "Haight Ashbury' that sally is offering cuttings of this fall. Go Sally!

Plant,,,bloom...leaves.