very cool, looking forward to see the new branches. Do the branches die off every year normally?Repotted today. Apparently, this was planted on a tile at some point??
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Worms living in the pot happily.
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Are you sure you have a Rose of Sharon, or a hardy Hibiscus (hibiscus muscheutos/swamp rose mallow)? My hardy hibiscus die back to the roots every year, they are just coming up now. They have huge dinner plate size flowers and are more shrub than tree.When I read up on them one article said that in the landscape they often die back to the roots in winter, and sprout back in the spring.
I love the tropical ones also, I have a bunch. Yours looks like "Fiesta", one of my favs. This is a hardy one in my garden.love hibiscus, in fact its prob top 3 favorite of anything for me.
bring me to the north shore of hawaii for a day at pipeline, from my backyard in taxachusetts.
the dream.
the rose of sharon are the purple ones im pretty sure and are common hedge and landscape tree where im from. they are common hibiscus. hardy hibiscus are variety of rose of sharon i think. then theres the tropical variety, as seen in this photo:
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very nice. reminds me of my luna white hardy (somewhat new to me) but yours has additional pink.I love the tropical ones also, I have a bunch. Yours looks like "Fiesta", one of my favs. This is a hardy one in my garden.
if it dies back it is likely not rose of sharon, I had the hardy one that dies back too, huge, beautiful flowers. Perhaps it wouldn't die off if you took indoors for the winter?This thread appeared right on que.
Just bought a small bush for my wife for mother's day, and was thinking about getting another for me. No clue what variety (WalMart, so go figure they wouldn't say) though I'm assuming they're a cold hardy type since the last few days of highs in the 40s F didn't kill it. When I read up on them one article said that in the landscape they often die back to the roots in winter, and sprout back in the spring. They aren't common hear, so I have no clue what to expect if I did get another one.
looking great! What fun process to grow from the seed. The most exciting part is to see the leaves open up.Last year, the other one I have flowered the typical rose of sharon pink with some white inner petals. This one is from same batch of seeds so I assume the same.
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Here are photos of the 3 rose of sharon rescued from the hedge jungle. Not sure how they took the transplant yet bc nothing has opened up, but the one in the ground looks most promising.If they were just collected recently and put in pots, the die back could be because of lack of new roots or from the collection process. Post some pics!
Well, the sticker on the pot says Hibiscus. Doesn't say anything else about variety, but the flowers that were already on it match what I'm seeing in the pics here, though not the dinner plate size. Pink flowers, here and there little vine type things reaching out from the outer foliage, bark looks the same as these pics. Recognized them from pics, and gardens passed while traveling, though didn't realize what they were. I've not seen them offered by stores in the area before, and probably for a reason. Still, thought it was worth a shot.Are you sure you have a Rose of Sharon, or a hardy Hibiscus (hibiscus muscheutos/swamp rose mallow)? My hardy hibiscus die back to the roots every year, they are just coming up now. They have huge dinner plate size flowers and are more shrub than tree.