New Tropical Hibiscus

[Redfoot NERD]

You've seen the 'Rose-of-Sharon' and a few of the other 'Tropicals' from a few weeks ago.

A couple weeks ago I happened upon these 2 Tropicals...... and was more than pleased as you'll see! ( and the price for both plants was $20 )





Not sure what the name of this one is ( I saw it last year ).. what would you call it?

I've been patiently awating the appearence of this one.. and it finally displayed it's beauty this morning! -





This is known as "Golden HALO".. I can see why.

WOW!!! -

And it has several big buds ready to hatch...

Terry K

 

[Scooter]

Wow gorgeous!

 

[terryo]

They are all tropical? So what do you do in the winter? Do you take them in? The yellow one is so BIG. They're both beautiful.

 

[Isa]

Amazing pics!!!

 

[Traveller]

Gorgeous Hibiscus. Thanks for posting.

I've got 2 in bloom at the moment also.
A triple pink and a yellow with a red center.
I'll post pics if it's not threadjacking?

 

[Redfoot NERD]

They are all tropical? So what do you do in the winter? Do you take them in? The yellow one is so BIG. They're both beautiful.

Thanks, that's the plan TerryO...

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THIS is BIG -

As a small/young plant the blooms are 6+".. they are HARDY and reach only about 4' tall x 4' wide - a good sized shrub!

Take a look at the cluster of buds.. each bud is well over 1" -

The local Fairgrounds has old 'Hardy' hibiscus shrub that are huge -

That's a 9+" span -

Terry K

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Gorgeous Hibiscus. Thanks for posting.

I've got 2 in bloom at the moment also.
A triple pink and a yellow with a red center.
I'll post pics if it's not threadjacking?

Of course.. post pics!

 

[Isa]

They are HUGE! Hermy would go crazy if they saw them

 

[Traveller]

Those hibiscus are absolutely gorgeous.

Here are pics of our two.
Sorry they are not the best photos, it was raining and
I wasn't taking my time, might have gotten wet don't you know
and melted. lol

All 4 of our tortoises love eating blooms and leaves from these plants, although
I do try to leave the flowers for a bit just to enjoy the colors.

The yellow flower is looking a little tired, but we had just had an all night rain,
pretty hard at times also.

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Sue is that a 'pale' pink? I like it! And I have the 'yellow' w/red-heart also!

That "Golden-Halo" amazes me -

Same $13 plant -

Wonder what the next blooms will look like?

Terry K

 

[spikethebest]

LOVE THE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

Numm nummm nummm!

 

[terryo]

That top pink one is the one that I got. It still hasn't bloomed yet, although there are some buds on it. What beautiful pictures!

 

[Traveller]

Arg!
The pink one I posted is fairly dark but only produced one flower this year.
We babysat our daughters' Rottie over the Christmas/New Years holidays and he decided
he liked the taste of my houseplants?
That's my story and I'm sticking too it.

How can you can get angry at family pets

 

[Redfoot NERD]

Arg!
The pink one I posted is fairly dark but only produced one flower this year.
We babysat our daughters' Rottie over the Christmas/New Years holidays and he decided
he liked the taste of my houseplants?
That's my story and I'm sticking too it.

How can you can get angry at family pets

OH! O.K. - so you are blaming the demise of your houseplants on your daughters LARGE carnivorous canine - who spotted something 'colorful' and thought it looked like something to taste??? Good story...... booooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Traveller]

Arg!
The pink one I posted is fairly dark but only produced one flower this year.
We babysat our daughters' Rottie over the Christmas/New Years holidays and he decided
he liked the taste of my houseplants?
That's my story and I'm sticking too it.

How can you can get angry at family pets

OH! O.K. - so you are blaming the demise of your houseplants on your daughters LARGE carnivorous canine - who spotted something 'colorful' and thought it looked like something to taste??? Good story...... booooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Hahahaha Yep just this one particular plant, it's a tree and every time he walked by it he'd take a bite of it. It looked so tired I was amazed it bloomed at all.

 

[zoogrl]

What beautiful plants! Think I will be searching for some for myself & my russian!