Blue Satin, other blues....

I am fairly new to Hibiscus, and mostly only have the Hardy varieties. I saw "Blue Satin", a hardy one. I was curious about the Blue hibiscus varieties.

Are any a Deep Blue?

Which are the best ones?

Hardiness is always a plus!!

I've never seen a Hibiscus (hardy or tropical) that I would actually consider to be blue, they always look more lavender to me. They may be somewhat blue relative to other Hibiscus, but definitely not a true blue.

There is a plant commonly known and sold as "Blue Hibiscus" but it is not a rosa-sinensis or a hardy. It is in aother family and just looks hiibiscus like. Wish I could remember it's name, someone here will know.

It's Alyogyne huegelii
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It's not really blue either--it comes in white and various shades of lavender/purple. Some of them are a really deep pretty purple which you won't find in a true Hibiscus, but it's still not blue. They're hardy to zone 9.

Blue Satin is an althea variety, Patented.

Sorry for any confusion...I was referring to ardesia's comment about a related genus that goes by the common name "blue hibiscus", that's Alyogyne.

This message was edited Mar 25, 2007 4:02 PM

nothing to be sorry for. :-)

And I was referring to the question "are there any blues"?

Actually Liz, I have seen an Alyogyne that was pretty close to a sky blue. They had them in our Lowe's but I knew they wouldn't like living here so I didn't get it. Next time I see them I'll get a picture.