Merry Hibismas!

First off, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to all.

I want to take a moment to thank all who have made my garden, and my time at home everyday, a miracle to behold. In doing this, I will put in parenthesis, the name of each person who made my dreams come true.

You may see two of the same variety, because in some cases, I purchased 2 or 3 of the same flower. Not necessarily from the same person.

Tangerine Dream (Cindy & Charles)

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Ali Uli (Cindy & Charles)


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Black Jack (Robert)

Black Voodoo (Robert)

Campfire Girl (Matt)

Cherry Cola (Matt)

Creole Darlin (Robert)

Delta Dawn (Robert)

Etouffe (Matt)

Etouffe-2 (Matt)

Eva Paoloni (Matt)

Frosted Flake (Matt)

Hurricane Lily (Home Depot)

Key Lime Pie (Cindy & Charles)

Painted Lady (came with house)

Peach Capitolo (Cindy & Charles)

Pillow Talk (Matt)

Plum Crazy (Cindy & Charles)

Prom Queen (Matt)

Red Dragonette (Robert)

Saxon T (Matt)

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Simple Pleasures (Cindy & Charles)

Fire & Ice (Lowes)

Standing Ovation (Home Depot)

Tangerine Dream (Cindy & Charles)

Voodoo Magic (Charles & Cindy)

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Voodoo Queen (Robert)

Whirlygig (Matt)

Wild at Heart (David)

Yellow Capitolo (Cindy & Charles)

Since the new Hibiscus season is upon us, I will continue to name the flower along with the person responsible for making my dreams come true, through the New Year.

Robert's site is www.hypnoticblooms.com
Charles and Cindy's site is www.exotic-hibiscus.com
Matt's site is www.hibiscusplace.com

Although David Franzman no longer sells hibiscus, I want him to know how special he made my 2007. He was the second "breeder" I ever purchased from, and the first one with beautiful, healthy and heavenly hibiscus bushes.

Happy Holidays to all. And to all, a good night :)
Cat

Merry Christmas Cat. Your pictures are beautiful and without the breeders, we would not have such gorgeous hibiscus to grow and share pictures of. Keep up the good work....all of you.

Merry Christmas Cat! I'm with you on thanking all our favorite hibiscus sellers! Without them I'd have a lot more money, but a lot less fun!

I didn't know that H. andersonii was also called Fire & Ice. Hhmm....
I agree with you ecrane3, more hibiscus and less $$ ain't a bad thing!
Barb

OK, I feel like a ninny.
I always thought andersonii was a different species than rosa-sinensis. So Fire & Ice and Andersonii are.....The same cultivar? Similar cultivars??
Need to know!!! ;)
Barb

'Andersonii' is one cultivar of H. rosa-sinensis and 'Fire-n-Ice' is another one. 'Andersonii' sounds Latin but it's a cultivar name not a species.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/41144/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/43253/

They both look similar, but then alot of hibs do :)

It was drizzling for the last two days...."Florida's Snow", so flowers are not perfectly shaped.

First up:

Anna Nicole (Matt)

Belle du Jour (Charles & Cindy)

City Slicker (Robert)

El Capitolo (Charles & Cindy)