Blooming again

this is still one of my fav's from seedlings last winter. I salvaged several small cuttings from the greenhouse freeze and they are blooming again now.I love white eyes in biscus' . :-)

and TAA DAA! the closeup the flower is about 6-7 inches wide most of the time

Nice Kyle,
I love the white center and veins too, nice golden yellow.
Does it fade and is it a 2 day flower?

Now that color is really something!!

I am so glad you saved some. I remember what a heart break that was.

two to three day flower and doesn't fade
in cool weather it has a very pale pink blush to the white areas

I really like this one, Kyle!

Very Pretty
I have resisted getting into Hibis due to the massive bug infestations when I bring them in.
Id love to do some from seed but how do you deal with all the wolly boogers and aphids?

Malestrom, If I lived up by you, I would have a yard full of hardy hibiscus and rose of sharon.They grow great up there, and you don't have to bring them inside for the winter.They don't grow nearly as well down here, at least not for me..

If you would like to try your hand at tropicals from seed,
The American Hibiscus Society maintains the Seed Bank, where seeds are solicited from members to be distributed to anyone wishing to grow new varieties from seed.
http://americanhibiscus.org/seedbank.htm

They do start blooming in about 10-12 months, less time than plumeria. :~)

This message was edited Jul 13, 2007 5:07 PM

Beautiful flower, Kyle. I love the color and especially that white eye. Thank goodness you were able to salvage it :-)

Thanks for the link!

Gee Dave, I may try a few too. Thanks for the link. I have tried crossing them myself but always get too sidetracked to follow thru.

I really like that hibbie, Kyle. I think white eyes are awesome

Hi Kyle, really like that one, love the colors.

Vi

Kyle, I loved that one when you posted it before and I still love it.

Malestrom, check out this thread: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/719455/

heres the same flower again tonight, after two days of mid 80's with low humidity.
Kyle :-)

I can't believe it's not butter!

Thanks Ardesia
Im a handyman and will surely build one of these.
You can get worms at a whosale bait store online like http://www.wormman.com/pd_red.cfm
Search around for better prices if you like
I think this is quite reasonable

I forgot to mention:
A phone call to a worm farm may produce a good cheap supply of castings

This message was edited Jul 13, 2007 11:39 PM

Would you believe, because I live on the coast, there are no worm farms! The fisherman around here use readily available shrimp and minnows for bait. Bummer.