Tropicals & Tender Perennials: She's about to .....#8 : ) , 1 by AuntB

AuntB wrote:
AW, Kimbob, so sorry. I would strip most of the leaves from one and root it big. You still have the bloom tips, and you're in AL, I bet it has time to recover and bloom, yet this season, Kim. So, was there any future bloom tips left on the potted part? Or was this in the ground? That's heart-breaking... ((((Kimbob)))))
Louise, I wish you all the best on your new grooming business, I hope you work yourself right into full-time self employment... no more working nights unless you want to. Your hib will probably darken as it blooms more. You can feed them, I have fed mine sporadically throughout the growing season.. I just dump a TBS or so of 20-20-20 around the base and water it in. I started a red one from seed in spring one year, planted it out in the fall and it bloomed the next spring. Joyce, was your shorty in a lot of sun? (and I guess that leaves you not completely nuts, cause you haven't filled up the 3 acres, yet lol) I had one like Louise's bloom with lighter green leaves, I don't think I had it in enough sun. The plant and the blooms got smaller each year and last year it didn't come back in Spring. These hardy hibiscus are not the same as Hibiscus Rosasensis (Rose of Sharon).. ROS will get huge if left untamed. Thanks for the input on our swap, Joyce, I know I already have plants promised for individuals for later in the season. For instance: I really want a budda belly plant. I would trade a lot for it, special brugs, hosta's, prized EE's... Maybe we could each post a list of our wants and extreme "NO, absolutely don't wants" Or, we can just let our trading go on "behind" the scenes. Everyone makes individual private trades, but I'm not above begging, publicly, either. I've d-mailed some of you hotties about trading for a particular plant and I've asked DG'ers I don't know as well as Hotties, for trades... everyone is so willing to share if it is at all possible. Should we maybe start a new Hottie Swap Want list thread in addition to our "She's about to.....#8" thread? Do we have ANY hotties with NO brugs? That would just not be right. We cannot and will not stand for that! I mean I COULD 1st overnight Fed Ex an emergency cutting/plant/rooting cutting of some kind of brug, if one of us doesn't have any!