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| I was at the grocery store yesterday, and browsing through their garden department and was completely wowed by what I found out to be a tall red Hibiscus in full bloom, and it was on sale for $11.
I said to the woman this looks too exotic to be hardy to our area, and she said it's not hardy to our area and I laughed and said why are you guys selling it then? She said you're supposed to leave it in the pot and bring it in, in the winter. The Hibiscus looked like young trees, but I see some consider them shrubs, either way when they're in full bloom they are very pretty. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 11:00
| have you ever perfected pix posting???? i think you need the second latin name.. H is pretty general.. and includes for me.. the type that die back to the ground in z5 ... dinner plate sized satellites.. as i call them .. and those that just flat out die .. and the house plant version ... as well as a flower shrub version.. which can be trained into tree form.. and which is probably temperate in warmer climes ... copy/paste this link ... who needs a red one.. lol: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ds=i&pq=tall+red+Hibiscus+in+full+ bloom&cp=8&gs_id=48&xhr=t&q=Hibiscus&um=1&client=firefox-a&rls=org.moz illa:en-US:official&channel=rcs&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1087&b ih=921&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=wqEzUPy1GomayQHDzYH4 BQ ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: several hundred species .... native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions .. and that aint NY.. lol
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 11:03
| dreaming about things i can not grow in the garden... enjoy the link.. who knew.. ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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| Then there's 'Rose of Sharon', which is Hibiscus syriacus. I bet you can grow those , Ken. |
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- Posted by ilovemytrees 6a Western NY (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 11:18
| I don't own a cell phone, that's the problem. When I tried to take pics with the laptop in the past you said they weren't clear enough. We are buying a cell phone soon though because I don't like not owning something that apparently 99% of Americans own. It makes me feel...out of touch. lol Ok, so I just called the store to get the exact name, and the woman said they sold completely out of the red ones, and the only color they have left is Orange and it's called "Mangomist Hisbiscus orange" |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 13:49
| 'Mango Mist' is a tropical hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. While this plant grows perfectly well outdoors in places like Hawaii, Florida and southern California, it is grown as a houseplant in the rest of the country. These are sometimes trained as a standard or mini tree (like hydrangeas) but they are really shrubs. ps. digital cameras can be pretty darn cheap :-) And even the cheapos take decent pics. And easy to upload. |
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| Even my grandpa has had a sell phone for 5 years!lol! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 21, 12 at 17:23
| hey flora.. yes.. i was thinking of althea .. [a name considered for my daughter long ago .. who ended up rose .. but not hyacinth ... nor tulip.. nor periwinkle ... lol ..] as the 'flowering shrub', in my comment above .. and if i cared to whittle on it.. i could have trained it into one ugly .. invasively seeding thing that may have looked like a tree... lol .. ken |
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| I hope that you didn't buy one. Those tropical hibiscus can be huge pest (spider mites and whitefly, in particular) and a pain to over winter. |
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- Posted by ilovemytrees 6a Western NY (My Page) on Wed, Aug 22, 12 at 7:44
| Good morning. No, I did not. I don't yet have the confidence to buy a houseplant. That must sound silly, but I know outside that nature provides the right amount of sun and temperatures to promote growth, and I know exactly how much to water for my soil, but for a containerized tree growing inside? I would be lost. Especially in that our source of heating is a pellet stove and I'm afraid that kind of heat in late fall and winter is too hot and drying for a plant growing inside. |
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