I have pink and orange ones and I just got this red one. I've seen the orange and pink ones growing as big standards here and I love them! My friend has a yellow one and I'll get a start as soon as it grows a bit.
Here is the red.
Chinese Hats, Holmskioldia sanguinea
That is RED! Have never seen any before, are they small or large blooms?
The blooms aren't large, probably a little bigger than my thumbnail and they have that trumpet thingie in the middle, but they are bright and there are lots of them.
suz, here is mine, it is orange, it is really tall this year. I love 'em. Would love to have a cutting of the red someday :-)
Gosh, I had never heard of these before, only Chinese Houses. That is a gorgeous red and the orange is beautiful too. So is it a vine, tree, shrub??
all of the above..lol
It's a tree or shrub, depends on how you prune it. I'll try to start some cuttings when the red one grows a bit. My orange one is still small too.
vine shurbbish tree like thing...
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Yeah, what Lisa said, lol.
Okay.....it is really a cool looking, hummm, thing!! LOL!
ok, just went outside and took a picture of mine..it is well over 8 feet. It arches very graceful like and is sort of 'airy'. The hummingbirds love 'em.
see...viney shurbbish tree like thing...
Right! I knew that.......
Thanks Lisa. I wonder what kind of luck I'd have growing it in a big pot and letting it go dormant in the winter in the garage? That would be the only way I could grow something that size. Love the way it blooms up and down the stem/trunk.
I love it. Susie it's so good to see you happy with your garden again.
Brugie, you can grow them in a pot and put them inside for the winter. I've been doing that for 6 or 7 years. They take very easily from cuttings, also, and mine have never had any bugs that I can remember.
The older the flowers get, the bigger and brighter they get. Their brilliant color reminds me of bouganvillia.
I've got a few cuttings in the GH. If you will remind me this spring I'll send you one.
Calla, do you have a picture of the pink one? Is it bright pink or soft pink?
Wow, that is a beautiful red, Kay. I'll try to remember, but I can barely remember what I had to eat today. LOL! Going to put it on my reminder calendar so my computer will remind me. I can't trust myself to look at a calendar on the wall anymore. Thanks a bunch.
Gaylams, my pink is soft pinky lavender. Your red is gorgeous!
Yeah, Cala, God does make beautiful stuff, doesn't He? I think it's just like yours........beautiful!
Kay
Yes, I agree, He sure does!
Its so cute,kinds bougie looking
is the flower papery?
It does resemble a bougie. Yes, the flowers are papery with a little trumpet thingie sticking out of the middle.
How cool!