Hibiscus: Rose of Sharon, 1 by tusseemussee

tusseemussee wrote:
After a wind storm uprooted my 3 ROS standards, found them flat on the ground, I anchored them back into the ground with 4 15" wood stakes and secured to the standards with heavy duty wire. At that time I was able to see the root system and was surprised at how shallow rooted they were. After some thought, I realized I was dealing with a shrub type plant as opposed to an actural tree, hence the shallow rooting. No more than 3 weeks later another severe wind storm took them down again, stakes and all. Determined to save these standards, I headed for the hardware store and found 4' heavy metal anchors that screw into the soil. Just a few days ago we had the worse wind storm I can recall, hugh trees were down all over town, but my standards did not budge one inch. I attribute this success to the metal anchors and also my severe trimming each March to around 10 feet. This photo was taken late in the day and the flowers on my white standards had closed a bit.

Tussee