Hibiscus: Rose Of Sharon shrub has small amount of pure white flowers, 1 by Michael_Ronayne

Michael_Ronayne wrote:

keithp2012 wrote:I can try grafting in the spring, what's the best method?

I was not thinking about anything as complex as grafting. If you take cutting from Hibiscus syriacus next spring you should be able to root the cuttings, creating clones of the parent plant. If you are new to rooting Hibiscus, I would suggest that you don’t experiment on the bicolor Hibiscus first, use a Hibiscus with more wood first. There is a good video on YouTube on how to do this.

A Simple Way To Root Plants From Cuttings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyXSNzywqvw

Last year I cloned a number of Hibiscus syriacus, including one plant which may be a Hibiscus syriacus 'William R. Smith' using cuttings provided by a friend of a friend. Two of the cuttings rooted successfully and one plant flowered (see attached photo), which I self pollinate resulting in a growing seed pod which should be ready in a few weeks. It is definitely not Hibiscus syriacus Diana but I can’t be sure that it is ‘William R. Smith’ either. The other clones are wild whites with red-eyes Hibiscus syriacus which the NJ DOT has been unsuccessfully trying to exterminate for a number of decades now along a state highway near me. I have designated these Hibiscus syriacus ‘Delawanna’ for the location where I collected them.

Mike