Sunset Hibisicus ..... not the tropical one

Hi everyone,

I am not a Hibiscus grower, except for a few Rose of Sharons and a couple of Hardy Hibiscus.

A couple of summers ago, I grew one that was called "Sunset", but it wasn't a tropical Hibiscus. It grew more like a annual althea at least in my zone 5.

It was a beautiful large yellow flower that grew about 3 feet tall and produced seed pods with many many seeds in them.

Unfortunately I can't find a picture of it.

I still have some seed left that I want to give to someone, but I sure would like to tell them what they are getting. Does anyone have any idea what plant it may have been? I tried the data base, but there isn't anything there under "Hibiscus" that fits.

Any help will really be appreciated.

Did the flower look like this? This plant is also know as Sunset Hardy Hibiscus.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?search_type%5Bcommon%5D=contains&searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&search_type%5Bfamily%5D=contains&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&search_type%5Bgenus%5D=contains&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=Abelmoschus&search_type%5Bspecies%5D=contains&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=manihot&search_type%5Bcultivar%5D=contains&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&search_type%5Bhybridizer%5D=contains&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&Search=Search

That's It ! Thanks so much bettydee.

Hmmmm..that hyper link doesn't take me to any photo!! I want to know what it looks like too! hehehe Bonnie

It takes you to a search page Servants_heart.

Scroll down and either click on the text or the image, and it will take you to the plants entry.

It shows a yellow manihot--nothing called Sunset--I have searched and searched. This is not my first time searching plant files but I am not finding any Sunset Hardy Hibiscus or Sunset Hibiscus at all. Like when I was looking for Cranberry Hibiscus which I never found but MollyMc found the right one for me! hehehe

Your right Servants_Heart, but I think that "Sunset Hibiscus" is just a common name that it also goes by.

Anyways, it's the same plant that was being sold at one of our local nurseries as "Sunset".