Years ago, I had acquired cuttings of this Hibiscus from a place that I worked. If my memory serves me right, I'm thinking that it was Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'President Masaryk'. I have searched & searched for pics of this cultivar, to no avail. So, I'm not positive if that is what I have or not.
In any case, whatever her cultivar, this is one beautiful lady. She gets very tall. The pic below shows the tallest of mine, at about 7' (the flower on the left side of the pic is at my height - 5'!). The growth habit of this Hibiscus is long & leggy, with little side branching from her stems. The flowers are a lovely red, with very deep red centers, very deep red stigma pads, and bright yellow pollen sacs. The blooms last only for the day, but each day brings new blooms. The blooms on my plants are without the benefit of any type of 'bloom booster' and they only get about 3-4 hours of sun per day where they are planted. Each year, the plants have consistently come back after the 3 or 4 freezes we have here in zone 9a.
If anyone knows the cultivar 'President Masaryk', please confirm for me whether this is what I have. I'm also going to post this in the Identification forum.
OK...this is definitely not 'President Masaryk'; I finally found a pic of that one, and it is white. The flower looks a lot like 'Kiss & Tell' although mine are not as ruffled, nor quite as deep red, and the foliage does not seem to match, either.
This message was edited Sep 24, 2004 12:30 PM
