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justmeLisa Brewers, KY(Zone 6b) Oct 05, 2003

I know I should post it in the ID forum, but I think someone here might know it.

A friend gave me some seeds last year, no name. It is some sort of Hibiscus. The foliage looks like the "Texas Star" hibiscus. The leaves are lobed, they are 5 lobes per leaf and it is serrated. The plant itself is at least 6 foot--just as the Texas Star. Can someone ID it?

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justmeLisa Brewers, KY(Zone 6b) Oct 05, 2003

a picture of the flower open, it looks like the flower from an Althea

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Oct 05, 2003

he hehehe It comes back! LOL

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justmeLisa Brewers, KY(Zone 6b) Oct 05, 2003

now the foliage...hmmmm....

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mystic Ewing, KY(Zone 6a) Oct 05, 2003

Lol I think I seen this before.

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justmeLisa Brewers, KY(Zone 6b) Oct 05, 2003

ok badseed, explain...duhh, i don't get it

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Oct 05, 2003

Here is the link from where I had it last year. LOL http://davesgarden.com/t/340237/ I think the general consensus was H. cannibinus and apparently a lot of people got them from Arlene.

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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI(Zone 5b) Oct 05, 2003

I call it Swamp Hibiscus,I think texas star has a star shaped bloom,this one is fully round,very nice color indeed!TS is more red.IMHO.

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Oct 05, 2003

Oh, and please, please PLEASE can I have some seeds???? Tell me it's gonna have seeds! LOL

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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI(Zone 5b) Oct 05, 2003

Let me get in line behind Chele if you will have a few seeds,they like to stay moist,perfect for around a pond.

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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI(Zone 5b) Oct 05, 2003

http://davesgarden.com/fp.php?pid=426767

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justmeLisa Brewers, KY(Zone 6b) Oct 05, 2003

thanks root, i knew it wasn't Texas Star, I have that one..

Chele, I was also very worried about what was growing..I didn't want to go up river..lol..I emailed a friend in a panic..LOL! Anyway, I am sure they will be seeds...awfully nasty stem though.

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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI(Zone 5b) Oct 05, 2003

Maybe the kids would not steal it out of my front yard, like they did the smooth stemmed TS,LOL!
I will have to take a picture for you,I was out checking out a stone barn,it was great,also had K weed growing all around it,pretty buds,you could see where some kids had cut on it,LOL!it is not a bad looking plant,wonder if you could get a permit to grow it?I would hate to dig one out of a ditch and go to jail.

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) May 03, 2004

Does anybody have self sown babies they want to send away? Please E me if so. :)

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MiniSchnuz New Iberia, LA(Zone 9a) May 03, 2004

I haven't been here this post before..Here for first time to read about this plant. I do have Texas Star but it's red. This one is pretty...

Want some seeds too.. Email me!

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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI(Zone 5b) May 04, 2004

Chele,let me look,I may have a few seeds left,it is not this deep Purple,but a Red.

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Larkie Camilla, GA(Zone 8a) May 04, 2004

If there is a line for seeds, please let me wait in line with the others..

Larkie

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) May 04, 2004

LOL It is not so much the flower I am after as it is the leaves. ;) I like the shock factor. Well, I do until the County sheriffs come dig up my yard. LOL

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