Mid-Atlantic Gardening: September Blooms, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
doc--

To my knowledge--this Hibiscus does NOT make new plants from any kind of runners.
It has been in it's present location now for about 8 years. Not sure....The clump has gotten bigger and bigger--as new shoots come out of it every year. It is quite massive by now--maybe 1 1/2' across.

Sally--This mystery seedling was NOT there--until this Spring. The seed might have been buried under my old clump of Candytuft which I cut back totally this Spring. So--it might have gotten some fresh air and took off. Man! it sure grew fast! Right off the bat--I compared the leaves and they were identical.
It had 2 parts to it. I gave my Mgr. the bigger part (3 stems) and the smaller one just pulled apart. I potted that one up and will keep it. Will see next year!

No one else around here has this plant---like half the odd stuff I have is from Swaps and Trades --so, in a way, unique.
I grew the "old" Hibiscus from seed that someone sent me. It grew and grew and filled out--but it DID take the 4th Summer before it bloomed.

I still think a seed pod fell there and laid dormant for a while--and then sprouted.....As for the wine color--who knows?
Many things could influence that....

It WAS a lovely shade of red!

This picture is from August. You can see that it is growing right smack against that old RR tie.
You can also see the leaves well enough to see that they are identical. The bigger one is just about to start blooming....