Hibiscus: Fireball X Moy Grande seedpods , 1 by Gourd

Gourd wrote:
Has anyone grown this cross out? and if so, are there any photos of the flowers anywhere online. I got four or five pods of this cross now and the pods are growing, one did dry and there are seeds in there. This is the first time I try crossing hibs and don't know how to germinate the seeds. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

I did notice the the pollen on most of the hardy hibiscus have spiny pollen and Moy Grande has a very smooth pollen, which could explain why the other Hardy Hibs accept the Moy Grande pollen. I may have another cross with Southern Bell X Moy Grande, but won't know for another two or three weeks, the pods seem to be staying on but I'll have to wait a little bit more. There have been many many flowers on all the Hardy Hibs here and I've tried to hand pollinate all of them with what I think is very little success. Moy Grande seems to be the only one making lots of seedpods.

Should I sow these seeds as soon as I can or wait till later in early Spring?

Thank you for any help you can give here, and I would love to trade for some Blue River seeds if anyone has some.

The Blue River II that I had has the roots very much alive but no stems whatsoever, so I don't know if it will come back at all. It is from last year and has not grown at all this year.

Antoinette