What Type of Hibiscus?

Found this growing in our yard, on a bush which has this type of flowers as well as plain, solid red ones on it. Any thoughts?

Looks like El Capitolio--it's normally red but there's also a peach sport, so I guess that must be what yours is doing. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=hibiscus&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=el+capitolio&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search
I really like the dark pink center on yours--I wonder if you tried to propagate it if that would be a stable coloration or not.

definately yellow el capitilo. I own one.

The photo is, in fact , of a cutting from the main plant. I've taken many cuttings and all seem to be doing fine. Those that have bloomed are all the el capitilo.

I think the main plant --a hedge-sized specimen-- maybe a product of multiple grafts, since the red flowers are distinctly different, plain without the extended-center of the flower pictured. I have yet to take a cutting that flowers red.

Here's a shot of the main bush(es), to the left of the croton. One of the hibiscus trunks is shown clearly here.

Here's the red...plain, but very nice.

I'm not sure what your red one is, doesn't look like the red El Cap though.

I wish my croton looked like that!

The first picture you posted is properly called "El Capitolio Sport" because it is a mutation of the red version of the same form, 'El Capitolio".. The red you pictured is not El Capitolio, but some old, simple red uncertain of name. Perhaps El Cap Sport was grafted onto the latter, but suckers from beneath the graft have grown, and now you have rootstock blooms (the simple red) and the fancy bloom on the same plant. this commonly happens . .
luck to you,
Barry

Thanks, Barry --that makes sense.

Hi JPlunket and all,

Yes, a grafted plant is possible but the 3 El Capitolio variations (original and 2 sports) do not require grafting. We often place rooted cuttings of 2 or more often all 3 colors in one pot and let them grow up together making a "tri-colored" bush. Here is a photo of all 3 flowers.

Charles
Hidden Valley Hibiscus

All planted in the same pot is not what I've got --different branches bear different flowers. Also, my red is not nearly as fancy as the one you show. So, I'm betting on El Capitolio grafted onto a basic, sturdy stock, which then suckered up to create a mixed bush. It's big and old, could've been a weekend project way back when --doesn't need to make sense.