hibiscus in ponds

I just got a Lord Baltimore and was wondering if I could grow it in our pond. In a container with a couple inches of water over the top of the container

hi FreddiePeepers, I don't think so, hibiscus don't like to be wet-log just humid, to much water will rot the root system from what I understand and notice from my experiences with hibiscus.

Wilfred

Lord Baltimore is not a tropical hibiscus and some of the hardies do very well in water. I saw this one at Longwood Gardens but I do not know the cultivar. I know we have Marsh Mallows, which are a hibiscus, in our ditches around here.

Lord Baltimore is not a tropical hibiscus and some of the hardy ones will do very well in water. I saw this one at Longwood Gardens; it is the common Rose Mallow or Hibiscus moscheutos. I know we have Marsh Mallows, which are probably the same thing, in our ditches around here.

You might want to ask on the pond forum if Lord B can handle water.

Thanks ardesia, love your knowledge, always good to learn new things, I would have never learn what I know if it wasn't for people like you. Knowledge is golden and one of the only true treasures of humanity besides LOVE, again, THANKS.

Wilfred

You are welcome. DG is the best place to find out new things and share. I took a lot of pictures of the pond at Longwood Gardens that day and discovered a lot of plants growing there that I would not have suspected could live in water. Society garlic and the the mexican petunia were happily living in that pond.

Well that shows use that GOD thought of everything when creating this world.
Again, THANKS!

Wilfred

Thanks ardesia, I will pose this question at the pond forum and see what answer I get there. I remember being at the Cincinnati zoo a few years ago( before I had a pond) and they had Hibiscus growing in water but I don't recall the species