does anyone have any hardy hibiscus that is yellow or tri colors.(something new) i have white-white with red center-pink, red-orange.i have about 200 roses & many different flowers to keep me busy but i want to try something new.
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To my knowledge, there are no truly hardy yellow or tricolor hibiscus. If there is something new like that, please tell us more!
Hibiscus trionium (Flower of an hour) is yellow with a purple throat. Of course it only grows about 6 inches tall, but it is a charming member of the hibiscus family. You could grow it around the bottom of your larger ones.
i have been talking to several hybridzers of tropical hibiscus they have 800 different colors & they grow these in florida,i ask them about crossing the hardy with the tropical & they said it might work.i grow roses & have about 200 i hybridize the roses & also graft & grow them from cutting.i might have to use a hardy root stock because it can take the cold & then graft in the colors from tropical hibiscus.Joe Ludick has produced more colors than anyone. they are going to send me purple- blue- green & brown.if this works i will let you know.
The tropicals and hardy hibiscus have been crossed many times, and never yet produced a viable seed. While it "might work", it is highly improbable, and would represent a major breakthrough. The hardy rootstock wold survive, but the grafted buds would die at low temperatures. Many top hybridizers have tried crossing H. rosa-sinensis and hardy H. moscheutoe (and others) to get the tropical colors into the hardy plants, but it remains an elusive goal. Best wishes for success, hope it works!
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