CLOSED: Texas Star Hibiscus (red only) - - for Trades or Stamps

Hey Lazlo, did you ever get my envelope from the last ones? Do you still have it :) If so, could you maybe throw a few of these in :)

Hehe

Thanks!

Josh

( bump . . . to re-open the thread)

I would love to try these, will be sending you a SAE ,
thanks noemi

just harvested another 5,000 or so . . .

Hi LazLo.... Just saw this thread - I'll be sending you a SASE on Tuesday. Thanks!

Hi Lazlo,
I can send stamps or Capsicum annuum 'Black Pearl' pepper seeds if you don't have those yet.
Linda

. . . bunches of hundreds of these seeds are still available . . .

HI Lazlo,
I'd love to have some for postage. Just need to get brain, envelopes, and stamps all in the same place and I'll get it out to you.

Thanks!

Lazlo, mine came up beautifully this year. I just shared some seeds with a friend. I have some white ones somewhere. Have to look for it and I'm going to grow those next year.

Oh joyous! Something I know will grow around here! ;) I'll have to get to the post office tomorrow for the shipping.

Hopefully I'll make the next swap! I may actually have some cuttings!

I have seeds from the species cultivar of Hibiscus coccineus known as 'Blaze Starr' which is reputed to be cold tolerant. 'Blaze Starr' successfully overwintered in my garden in Zone 6B and my daughter's garden in Zone 6A, this past winter under less than ideal conditions. I suspect that 'Blaze Starr' just might make it in Zone 5 with a little protection. There are some DG members who are reporting that an unspecified Hibiscus coccineus is overwintering in Zone 5.

The following grower is the source of Hibiscus coccineus 'Blaze Starr':
Cavano’s Perennials
6845 Sunshine Avenue
Kingsville, Maryland 21087
Phone: 410-592-8077
Fax: 410-592-9510
http://www.cavanos.com/sol_home.php#Native

How far north can Hibiscus coccineus go? My Hibiscus coccineus is loaded with seed pods, some of which are deliberate hybridizations with other Hibiscus species. You have to get up early to hand pollinate Hibiscus coccineus as it will self pollinated if given the opportunity.

Mike


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I did some digging and found the original plant tag which was buried next to the 'Blaze Starr', a photograph of which is attached. Cavano’s is claiming that this Hibiscus can survive to Zone 4, which should be of interest to Canadian DG members. I harvested the first two ripe pods this morning and took a few small cutting but almost all the side branches are loaded with pods, including the hybrids I will really want, so I will have wait a few more weeks for the rest of cuttings and hope there is no frost. The 'Blaze Starr' is unremarkable and looks exactly like a normal Hibiscus coccineus. Let’s hope that the Zone 4 claim is correct. Has anyone been breeding cold hardy Hibiscus coccineus or is this a random mutation which someone discovered? This Hibiscus is definitely NOT a hybrid.

Mike


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There's not been much call for these anymore, so it is


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I wish I had know these were hardy in my zone! I would have sent an envie when I first saw it :-/

I remember these well. When I was very little Mom had one outside the kitchen door. Everyday she would empty the coffee grinds around it. She called it a Star of Texas. A friend of hers lived in town and had a big bed of them on either side of her porch. One night some "hippies" dug up every last one of them. She had seen them during the day walking slowly by and eying them up. They must have thought they were marjuana. LOL

Ha ha. My son said a kid in school got in trouble for wearing a t shirt with a marijuana leaf on it. Not that I would let my son go to school in something like that but I told him that boy should have told the school it was a Texas Star Hibiscus leaf!

LOL I didn't realize their leaves resembled pot! With my neighbors this could be quite hilarious.

I would like to have been a fly on the wall when they tried to smoke it. LOL

lazlo..i forgot to mention when i told u about the freckle face...that my texas star is also growing.....thanks again...i gave some to my a friend and hers is growing also...happy gardening