If your cross the typical
garden hardy hibiscus with its wild cousin, you get an insanely fast growing, hardy offspring. Flowered in its second year and got 3 feet tall, now has 40+ shoots!

Keith ~ Do you have a picture of it?

Please share it with us!

evelyninthegarden said:Keith ~ Do you have a picture of it?

Please share it with us!

Yes, this thread shows them The thread "Wild X Domestic hibiscus cross!" in Hibiscus forum

Keith, i would love to get a rooted cutting of the seed parent and of the off spring. For some reason hibiscuses are not all that easy to come by here. Have to turn to the net for them.

creativeclover said:Keith, i would love to get a rooted cutting of the seed parent and of the off spring. For some reason hibiscuses are not all that easy to come by here. Have to turn to the net for them.

Where do you live?

Southern California

creativeclover said:Southern California

Can you grow from seed, I get lots of seeds, if you can wait until around September/October

I have started many things from seeds, but never tried to grow hibiscuses from seeds. I am willing to try though.

I wintersowed them one time.

Karen

kqcrna said:I wintersowed them one time.

Karen

I treat hardy Hibiscus seeds as warm germinators, with fairly good results. I get nearly 100% germination in hybrids with lots of H. moscheutos heritage.

creativeclover said:I have started many things from seeds, but never tried to grow hibiscuses from seeds. I am willing to try though.

Here's a picture of Hibiscus 'Red Shield seedlings, sown 2/16/17

Now that I have put them in the sun, the leaves are bronze. I haven't yet taken a new picture.

creativeclover said:Southern California

That's ironic that you can't find hardy hibiscus in Southern California. Here in Missouri, the only place that carries hybrids is Lowe's, and half their varieties are from Monrovia Nursery in So Cal. My mom worked for Monrovia Nursery in the 50's, so it's been around for a long time. Maybe they only sell wholesale...

Danita said:I just watched a nice video on a PBS website of an episode of PRAIRIE YARD & GARDEN featuring hardy Hibiscus:

http://video.unctv.org/video/2...

Thanks for this link! I bought an end of season, droughted, cut back, past
blooming plant at Lowe's cheap last year, and it lived. It's labeled Cherry Brandy, but that's not in the Database. However, it is in this video, so now I know it exists, and the name may be correct. No flowers yet...

DraDiana ~ Please be sure to take some pictures of this plant. If you have the time, maybe you could add it to the database.

for sharing!

First bloom of the season

Beautiful!

evelyninthegarden said:DraDiana ~ Please be sure to take some pictures of this plant. If you have the time, maybe you could add it to the database.

for sharing!

I finally found verification of the "Hardy Hibiscus" Cherry Brandy and submitted it for inclusion in the Database. I have foliage pictures waiting to be posted upon approval of my addition. As you know, flower pictures may not be available for another 1 1/2 to 2 months.

First bloom of this one this year.

Dave,
:hurray:
I bought my first ones only last summer. (6 varieties - I started with 3 at full price, then stumbled over 3 more at the end of the season for less than $6 each!) They all have buds - I can't wait!
Do you know which variety yours is?