Hibiscus for 10/26/08

Oh Glory Be: Gator Pride

Ali Uli

A lopsided Blueberry Thrill

Cherry Appaloosa

Envie

Fire N Ice

Garden Variety - Ivory

Gator Pride-2

Harvest Moon

Hot Ross

Hot Ross-bud. Looks like a rosebud :)

Hurricane Lily

Irish Spring

Raggae Breeze

A funny looking "Milleneum Superstar"

Plum Crazy. She never fully opened.

Largo Breeze.

I also took pics of Patricia Merritt, but must have deleted by accident :(

Ill take one of those....and one of those.....and one of those....and one of those....

Did you take these pictures now? Are they blooming now?

Wowsers cat. Those are fine photos you have there. Love, love, love the Gator Pride (great colors), Cherry Appaloosa and Blueberry Thrill. I didn't realize the purple/blue colors in Blueberry Thrill were so deep and beautiful. Great!!!

Jon

Beautiful pics cat!!!

hi florida chick. Yep, took them when posted. My hibs hate the summer and totally thrive in fall and winter.
Jon, blueberry thrill is from Robert, and, as the weather cools down the purples get deeper and deeper :)

I figured your Blueberry Thrill was probably from Robert. It's neat how the colors change now that the weather has changed. You're so right about having far fewer blooms in the summer. This past summer was pretty sparce with blooming for me. The best performer/most consistent bloomer this summer was "Twilight Magic". I think it was about the only one that "didn't take a week off".
Jon

Tarantella is another good bloomer for hot, steamy, weather. This one rarely skips a beat. (until now, my plants are all full of buds but no flowers so this is an old photo.)

Cat, my Cairo Peach plants are blooming a light ivory color right now, like your garden variety Ivory above. It is strange that they pale as the weather cools, definitely different from their hybrid cousins whose colors deepen.