Hardy hibiscus

This is one of many I have rooted and planted in the ground in September.

WOW Gloria, such a special one. I love it. I love your HUGE blue evergreen in the back even more. What a glorious tree. You must have such a lovely yard.

In spring as soon as they come up and get to 1' tall, I pinch down to 4", to make them branch out and not get 6'-10' tall with only one stem. Then when they get 1' tall again, pinch back to 6". If they don't start to get buds, I do so the 3rd time but only pinch back to 8".

Here is one of this years' rooted cuttings, started in July. Will plant in protected area in Sept. normally to south, close to garage or building. Soon as they come up in spring, can then move where you want it, in full sun, or give it away.

Hibiscus, those blooms are gorgeous! They remind me of a bunch of flamingos :-)

Wow--that is pretty! Usually I only find myself irresistibly drawn to the tropical ones, but that one is truly spectacular! Do you know its name?

Thank you Kell, we have 12 blue spruce(most really blue, as we picked them out when they were small), all across the front and along side of lot.

Hibiscus is Turn of the Century.

Thanks!

You're welcome.

I too, have many tropical ones, but guess what, the hardy ones take complete care of themselves. We had a drought this summer and they still bloomed like crazy. Did not water them.

Very pretty. Thanks for the pinching info. I'll sure do that next year.

Glad to be of any help. Good luck!

Turn of the Century is beautiful. Unfortunately, mine has been having a difficult year. It got stepped on by construction workers when it was about an inch tall. The poor thing is only about 18" tall and shows no sign of blooming. I hope it survives the winter and does better next year. I wanted to try crossing it with Plum Crazy.

Sorry you've had such bad luck with yours'. Guess you didn't need to pinch it to keep it small? Hope it goes well thru winter, might try putting a little mulch to protect roots during cold weather. Hope it makes it.

That is one beautiful hibiscus!

That is a beauty! I have never seen that one, and the leaves look more like the swamp hibiscus leaves too. Very nice! Does it make seed or not? I have one that seldom makes seeds and I haven't figured out why it will on occaision and not all the time...it is always covered with bees etc.

Thanks for sharing those beautiful pictures!

Is there a name for that particular leaf and plant form.? Certainly different from the ones I have.

I guess it would be a hybrid, bred for color etc. I bought it from Jungs' in Wisconsin. Have never seen seeds on it. They probably wouldn't come true if it did, because I have reds and pinks growing right beside it.

www.jungseed.com

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I tried to get seeds from one my friends that has a hardy hibicus with dark leaves.. When I got the pods home and broke them open , there weren't any seeds in them.. Could it be because of poor pollination? Or maybe particular hybrids don't produce seeds?

I have a couple of different "types" of leaves on mine as well. The ones with the "rounder" leaves set seed much more readily for me...I am not sure what makes one set seed and not the other...I guess that is what they refer to as "sterile" maybe?