Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #110, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
This red hibiscus H. acetocella starts really easily from cuttings, too. It makes a nice shrub, hedge or screen with pretty, edible red leaves. I pick the smallest leaves while they're still shiny, and put them in salad for a tangy taste. My (Canadian) brother calls it Canadian Salad. The leaves are high in vitamin C, and quite tasty. It's the leaf they use to make hibiscus tea. The flowers are small-ish as hibiscus go, about 2in. across but a subtle rosy color that looks fabulous with the red leaves. I have no flowers right now, but as soon as the weather cools off and drys up they will bloom.

I'll have lots of it 'to go' after the weekend! Speak up or it's going to the County composter on Tuesday.