Hibiscus: Molten Lava Question, 1 by amarantha00

amarantha00 wrote:
You think maybe I should send him a picture? I did get this one (and gator pride, which I love, and am sure is marked correctly) from Exotic Hibiscus. See, the pic from the website is what I thought it would look like too, which is why I planted it where I did. I thought it would be more yellow at the edges, and far more burgandy than orange. Have you guys dealt with him before? Do you think I should send a pic and ask about it? The roots on it were broken and it wasn't packaged well at all, and at first, I didn't think it would live. Right after I placed the order, I got an auto-acknowledge email but then didn't hear anything more for two weeks. Then, I emailed twice and finally looked up the phone number and left a moderately ornry voice mail. He called back the next day and apologized saying they lost my order but that he would send the plants right out, which he did.

The blooms are fairly large and don't seem mini to me either, but I'm just a novice compared to you all. The bush itself has grown a ton since I planted it, and there are literally bunches of buds. It IS beautiful, but I'm wondering if you're right and it was mislabeled. I definitely want to keep it, I just don't think it looks as great as it could where I planted it. Where I have it planted now is near an extremely prolific Black Magic rose, a bird of paradise, burgandy daylilies and in front just to the side of a lady in red hydrangea. I was thinking, look at the website pic, that it would really highlight the burgandy of the rose and daylilies while also highlighting the yellow (some bright green) throats of the daylilies. Also close is a Southern Magnolia tree. The place I want to move it to is next to a triple-trunk Roebellini palm and in the bed above it, are the hibiscus brown sugar (brown & orange) and palm springs (bright yellow w/pink/orange in the middle). They are separated by varigated alpina gingers and just above that bed is my bright yellow brug.

Here's a pic of the brug that also shows the ginger, but the other hibiscus' aren't visible, they are to the left of the ginger. The bed I want to put it in is next to the walkway leading up that that level with the ginger, so it's several feet down and currently only houses the roebellini, but there's room for lots more.

I'd love to hear some more experienced opinions. What do you think?

What do you guys think?