Tropical Hibiscus 'Santana' (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

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RichSwanner Citrus Heights, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 22, 2004

Tropical Hibiscus 'Santana'
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Mar 23, 2004

What a pretty Hibiscus (although that's kind of redundant - they're all pretty!) Monterey, your image looks quite a bit different from the other pics for 'Santana'; any chance it is a sport or similarly-named cultivar? (Here are some other images of 'Santana' to compare it to:

http://www.sunshine-seeds.de/hibiscus/foto_hibiscus.htm (warning: the page takes a while to load)

http://atlas.1oftheservers.net/~wayne/CVsinglepage/index.php?letter=s

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/bridges/sonytest/hibiscus/Santana2t.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hibiscus+santana&sa=N&tab=wi)

http://www.trop-hibiscus.com/santana.jpg

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RichSwanner Citrus Heights, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 23, 2004

I thought the same thing here is the tag. These are all over at the nurseries here.Must be a new one. They are always trying to come up with a more hardy one.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Mar 24, 2004

Is there anyone you can check with where you bought it? It just really doesn't look much like what all the other sources list as 'Santana'...

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RichSwanner Citrus Heights, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 24, 2004

You must be right. The weird thing is here is another one they call the same thing only they say orange with yellow center. I say pull it if it's not right I don't want it messing up the Database.

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RichSwanner Citrus Heights, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 24, 2004

Here is the tag.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Mar 24, 2004

Looks like somebody at the nursery got some tags mixed up - yikes! (It does happen, unfortunately....) I'll take care of the image in the PDB - thanks!!!!

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UncleGreenthumb New Matamoras, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 24, 2011

Rich, Terry;

My best guess judging by the bloom and leaf would be, "Edward LaPlante" The blooms are about 5 inches or so and it is considered a garden variety. Very hardy for a tropical and forms a nice full bush with plenty of blooms. The blooms can differ slightly from winter to summer. Grows well as a container plant also.

Dave