weird foliage but flower

looks like hibisucus ?
from KYRU 2004

close up

i being nored is this a hib .?? lol

tazzy, do you remember who gave you the hibiscus? I don't think you're being ignored, just no one knows which one this is. And I am pretty sure that it is a hibiscus of some kind.

It's definitely a hibiscus! Very pretty too. Don't know the name, but I have had ones with the same kind of foliage. Thanks for sending the pic!

no i just came home with it from KYRU . i wonder if it hardy ? i kept in green house last year because i did not have clue what it was ? it is so pretty the throat is snow white .

tazzy, it looks like a tropical hibiscus to me. I believe I'd keep this one in the greenhouse again this winter. And yes, it is pretty!!

The leaf and flower shape remind me more of the 'Rose of Sharon' that most of the tropicals I've owned over the years ... but I am only hibiscus lover from somewhat afar and by no means anybody's expert. I know more about living with women from Oklahoma than I do certain plants, including this species, and that's not a lot (exept what little I know is really, really, *really* bad! lol)

Hi there Bogweed ;
I am a very nice kind, caring, Oklahoma woman .
If I GET MY WAY ?
LOL " hope you did not get hurt bad "
we are not for the weak of heart ?

LOL


Love it!

Naw, it's all good. God, in His infinite wisdom, somehow used even THAT experience to bring me to a place I am today ... complete with a wonderful wife who loves me ... well ... wonderully!

Sadly, the Okie gal in question had problems that are beyond my ability to even pronounce no less comprehend!

Been there,
just glad now, that My DH now is a keeper !
i thought it might be rose of sharon too ,
but it real small so i guess it will go back in green house till i know for sure ?

It's probably still early enough in the season to root a cutting and see how it winters over, is it not? Certainly not the most scientific way of testing its hardiness, but it's at least somewhat worthy of consideration, am I wrong?

Back O/T ... any clue as to why Tulsa seems to have so many mental institutions? Here are some of my theories:

1) Government Experiments

2) Being in Tornado Alley == Extraordinary number of cases of PTSD as a result of the years (generations, even) of a constant sense of doom and fear of death.

3) The stereotype of gals from Tulsa (easy) ... after years of casual [read: wreckless] sexual encounters resulted in a deterioration of their emotional and mental well-being.

4) People there are just nuckin futz!

Hi Tazzy,
It appears to me you have is a seedling of a tropical yellow hibiscus. Typically the leaves vary from the normal entire shape to a more lobed leaf form. Here is a leaf pic from a seedling plant. The next photo is the parent plant.

The parent yellow hibiscus. Note how the leaves look different.

NC ... is that a result of hybridization / last season's cross-pollination or a natural "deterioration" of a parent hybrid that won't seed true?

when it 60°one day and 102° in the next 24 hours it fries your brain .
I am safe I am a trasplant from Kansas .We have a wonderfull garden center and rose garden only bad in a few places . which it is every where . I think ?
if its bad?
Do your part to make it better !
TULSA GARDEN CENTER

Bog,
In this case the seedling came from a seedpod from the parent yellow hibiscus. I'm not certain if the flower that produced the seedpod was cross-pollinated or selfed. What I did find though is the seedling was inferior to the parent. Weak growing, small-flowered and didn't resemble the parent plant. I think the difference in leaf shape was indicative of the plant reverting back to its more "wild" form. The tropical hibiscus cultivars of today come from cross breeding between many different varieties and not true wild species.

Thanks plantman ,
Nice information to know .
I have a lot of tropicals I bought this year and was thinking they would not come true to parent ,
so have not tried to set pods on them . I will just do cuttings.this is a pretty little thing, but i want healthy, and do not have room for experimenting .

The leaves to me are exactly like the leaves on my friends Texas hibiscus. But not sure if there is a yellow. That is gorgeous. Boy Tazzy it really is beautiful.
That is my favorite color hibiscus, besides the elephant ear which is an off white double.

Blessings,
Sandy ^8^

also looks like the type that can be grown in ponds

Tazzy,
There are several hibiscus with the same shaped leaf. I have a "Texas Star" that is scarlet red, I know there are also other colors with that same leaf. There is even one that is yellow with a heart shaped leaf. It is very pretty. The Texas Star is a hardy one in my zone. It has a long tuber type root system. It is a beautiful plant.
Hope that helps...if you have extra seeds I would love some.
JanetS