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| I have a spot where I'd like to add a hardy hibiscus, but would like to keep it three feet or under. I'd like a deep pink if possible. 'Fantasia' is supposedly quite compact. Does anyone grow it? 'Summer Storm' might work size-wise if pinched, but the red foliage doesn't look great with the Eupatorium 'Chocolate' that I want to keep in the same bed. I've read that the 'Disco Belle' series comes in a rose. Do those really stay about 2.5 feet tall? I'd probably pinch whatever I buy once early in the season, but don't want to have to repeatedly pinch, since I'm afraid it will delay the bloom too much. I realize there's a hibiscus forum, and I'll try there if I don't get a good answer here, but thought I'd ask my favorite experts first. :-) Any suggestions? Thanks. |
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| My Disco Belles are 3-4' and I never pinch. Most of them are pale pink with a deeper pink eye but one of them, a seedling grown from the original one, is a deep pink with bigger flowers and is shorter and later to bloom than the others (it opened its first flower yesterday). It's definitely a good idea to buy Disco Belles in bloom so you can see exactly what you're getting. |
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- Posted by coolplantsguy z6 Ontario (My Page) on Wed, Aug 21, 13 at 10:49
| The 'Luna' is also a good, and relatively dwarf series. |
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| True re Luna - they are shorter than my Disco Belles.... |
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