another ID

This one came with the house. It's about 6' tall.

Thanks

Dane

Looks like perhaps a Moy Grande (Texas Giant Hibiscus) to me

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/40932/

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cemap/hibiscusmoy/hibiscusmoy.html

Looks like it. Wonder if the darker pistil makes any diffrence.

Thanks

Dane

This is my Moy Grande

Thanks alot

I guess I'll start looking for seed pods. Maybe those were not suckers I pulled last spring.

Dane

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I am not sure this is Moy Grande as the flower lacks the symmetry I would have expected. More telling is that the tips of the stigma are red while the tips of the stigma in the photographs with Dr. Moy, the DG photograph and my own Moy Grande are light-yellow. I would also like to see a picture of the leaves.

Attached is a picture of my Moy Grande with an 11” flower and a light-yellow stigma.

Mike


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foliage:

8 yrs. ago I almost pulled it as a weed. It was about 10" then.

thanks

Dane

The leaves are shiny which is a good indication that this is a tropical Hibiscus. You are in Zone 9B where almost anything will grow. The tropical experts are going to have to jump in here.

Mike

Thanks Mike.

I guess my red one is a challenge also.

Dane

I am with you Mike, Tropical. I am in 9a and they freeze here and do not come back. I have three Tropical and I keep them in pots and they live in the garage during the winter.

howdy

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Dane,

Look at the bright side; you live in one of the few locations in the US where tropical Hibiscus can survive on their own outside with no human care. You Hibiscus is a survivor. Most of us would love to have your problem. I have resigned myself to the fact that my African and Asian Hibiscus are not going to flower this year and have started to plan on overwintering them so that I can try again next year. Well that is not quite true, several of my African Hibiscus have flowered and I have collected seeds but not the ones I really wanted!

On the theory that other homes or garden centers in your area may have the same Hibiscus, did you do any checking locally? In any case, time to start taking cuttings.

Did you get any seed pods this year?

Mike

I lived in 5b @ 7000' elavation before moving here. We wanted a warmer climate for health reasons and Secondly we wanted to grow things. When we first moved here the house had been vacant for 5 years and was quite a jungle. This is the first year I've had time to seriously garden.

This year I found the name of that big bush that flowers a few times and smell like gardenia. It is a Thunberg's Starry Gardenia. It's over 10' tall. Got avacodos 4 years ago from a NOID tree. It's a "Marcus Pumpkin" 2-3lb fruit. Was in awe in the size and beauty of this Hibicus. Yes we are lucky.

I have not noticed any seed pods. Didn't even know they made seeds. Now I know to look. Novice with cutting and have been trying all year. Also plan to start a feeding regeim(sp) then maybe I will get seeds.

The nurseries have newer cultivars because there's alot of home based nurseries that start with free cuttings and seeds, if you know what I mean. I know of a couple that has been around long enough that might know. Hadn't though of that.

There are things that don't do well here. Haven't had a home grown peach, apple or grapes in years. We freeze every 3 years so that limits the tropicals. Bananas do really well tho.

Sorry for being a bit windy.

Dane

ever see a red dragon fly?

I have seen blue, orange and green but never Red. Must be a Red Neck Texan...LOL. My DH is from Beaumont.

Well You got me on that one.

Dane

dmtom, It is definitively a tropical Hibiscus. My first thought was Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Seminole Pink'. However, yours looks darker than most of the pictures that are in plant files.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/47253/

You can always browse through all of these for a possible ID.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/b/Malvaceae/Hibiscus/rosa-sinensis/cultivar/0/

Good luck,
Dave

Alot of No Image Yet. Looks like nothing short of a DNA test can tell for sure. When I saw 'Lipstick', I said that was the one but there's a little color diffrence.

thanks for the help

Dane

HI, i don't know what it could be, but it is really very beautiful. I would love to grow that hibiscus

It would be a change to be able to grow gardenia and tropical hibiscus outside. Mine live in pots which live inside during the winter.

It was!!! I came here from zone 5b at 7000' elavation.

I'm still learning about things here.

Dane