The blossums are hibiscus looking, five +" wide, burgandy hint at edges and solid rust colored base of petals....the leaves are just like the rare red hibiscus i had but was too cold for my area and too big to go indoors...seven points on the leaves and instead of a woody stem it's hard green color, blossoms graduate to the top, fewer at the bottom...any ideas? i'll have seeds soon, if you want some just send me a sase with two stamps with the word "sherbert" written on it somewhere....it just reminds me of a light mixed sherbert ice cream....and if you are interested in indian seeds three generations old from the same family of Cherokee i just mailed half of what i got to a friend and she will probably grow them for next year....the ladie's grandmother used to sit on the porch and rock and smoke a pipe. D-mail and i'll give you my friend's name here....mark
CLOSED: green/yellow creamy "sherbert" rose mallow/hibiscus?
oh, check out my journal for miracles that really happened to me....thanks, mark
Hi Mark, I'm sending you 2 stamps for the Sherbert hibiscus seeds. Thanks & God Bless! Jen
mark333:
I am sending a SASE envelope w/2 stamps attached for some of the Sherbert hibiscus seeds.
Thanks for the offer!
Jan
Definately would love to have those, Mark.....will be sending mine out this evening!
Btw, did you get the hibiscus seeds I sent a while back?
I'll save them for the seeds...the blossums are centered with burgandy, the other part is mostly bright sherbert yellow...mark
It could be manihot hibiscus flowers. They are yellow and have a dark center.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1888/index.html
Oooooo.....thats so pretty! I hope you're right, Windy....he's sending me some of the seed....lol. The way Mark described it, it has got to be close to that.
I am sending to stamps for hibiscus seeds. Thanks Mark.
Gee Mark, I would love to have some also if you have any left.??? Fran
got you Fran....the seeds are still maturing but anyone who posts will get seeds....the plant is just incredible! mark
Would love some also if you have any left thanks desiree
hi mark if you have any left i would love to have some thank you bonnie
I'd love some Mark, if I'm not too late. If you have too many requests ahead of me, I'll wait until next year's crop. JLMK,
Thank! Deborah
Got you guys, if you want the seeds, just drop me a sase & a stamp with the word 'sherbert' on it or on a note & it will be returned asap as soon as the pods turn brown....thanks! mark
Hope I'm not too late..Will send SASBE asap.. Thanks,
Larkie
Mark I'm sending out a SASBE in the morning. They sound beautiful. Thanks Lauri
Mark, please include me in your list of receiving seeds of the "Sherbert" hisbiscus.
Maxine
got your postage yesterday will put seeds in the mail for you on Monday, could you include me in the hibiscus seed swapper?
i want some of these sherbet seeds if you still have any left. thanks. barb sending dmail.
I’m curious, does manihot come back in zone 6, does it reseed? I think that’s Mark’s zone in Ohio isn’t it? I have this question because I have one and was told it was manihot, but the flower is more like old yella and the plant files says manihot Z8b-11, old yella is Z5-9, but does old yella have the stickers on it like manihot, I haven’t found anything in the plant files that says it does….or doesn’t. On mine the petals aren't seperate, it's round like a dinner plate :)
Anybody know?
Mark, will you save me a few seed, just hold on to them cause I know I'm going to want more later, did you get your seed yet?
Lea
got you guys...thanks! mark
I would be interested in some of these seeds if you still have some left. Please let me know.
Tami
hey lea if your yellow hib. is old yella save me some seeds. i am going to send you a dmail.
I have dozens of this hibiscus, I got a start from Brugie & I have so many I just let the seeds fall off & they come up by the hundreds. Mine are still in bloom & the pods are still green.
These are so easy to grow that I think they would grow on a sandy beach. They will come up in the lawn & I had to mow down hundreds of them.
Jerry.
Could you post a pic of the blooms?
Larkie
Mark or Jerry,
Thank you for the seeds, Mark. With both of your experience with this hibiscus, It will need to overwinter inside, correct?
DEB... They are so easy to start from & they will grow a full 6ft tall by starting seed in the spring. You could just scatter them on the ground this fall & you will have them comming up everywhere.
Larkie..I am new to the computer & just got my printer hooked up, I had used web-tv for years & this is new to me. When I learn to use the camcorder with the printer then I could send pictures. ( My TV screen was my computer screen when I used the web & I have a 61" TV)
I have several different colors of hardy hibiscus & only 4 set seed this year. I have 200 roses & am not sure if I will pick seeds this year. I have been doing the roses for 35 years & grow a lot from cuttings & from seed.
Jerry.
So, Jerry, are these hardy hibiscus and can stay in the ground year round? I'm in zone 8a.
mark, THANK YOU for your generosity!!!
Jan
Deb.. Hardy hibiscus will grow about anywhere, Here in Iowa it gets 10 to 20 below sometimes & they come up every year. They come up late & you think they died, But just wait & all at once they come up. I had one that came up about 1 month after all the others did & it is a new hibiscus called Plum Crazy, Beautiful purple flower with a blood red center but don't produce seeds.
Some hibiscus don't produce seeds & I am waiting for mine to finish blooming so I can send some cuttings. I have never tried cuttings of hardy hibiscus but if their anything like my roses you have wait until they finish blooming.
Jerry
Thank you, I'm glad to know I won't have to dig them up to bring inside for the winter.
Mark, I got your seed. Thank You for you generosity!!! Have a blessed day.................Lauri
mark, i got my seeds today. thank you. barb
Got you guys....mailing out seed this week...
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Thanks! Tricia
Mark,
I sent you d-mail. Was wondering something? I'm very familiar with seed collecting on most flowering plants, however, just how do you collect on the hibiscus? I have several "Rose of Sharon" (althea) hibiscus plant that I want to collect seeds for, but not sure how to go about it. I have several with lavender blooms with red colored throats and one light pink and two mauve colored double blooming plants. Once the blooms fade, they fall off and I've never seen any seed pods.
PS: Read your journal. Very interesting and sounds as though you have been through a great ordeal. I also think that so many of us people always just look at the negative side of things in our lives (the bad things that happen) and forget to count the good things as blessings.
God Bless,
Judy
sunnydove: regarding your R-O-S, I also have the lavender with the red eye/throat and it doesn't set seedpods as it is sterile. The only way would be to propagate by cuttings which I am doing and it is quite easy!
Jan
Mark, I received my seeds, thank you so much. Be looking for a package next week.
Tami
Hi guys, i've got about 10 seed packets left so if you want any just d-mail or post...mark