Beautiful

László,
for posting your beauties!

I'm down to my last two blooms for this season. Mocha Moon:

The same bud that I photographed 07/31/17 on Mars Madness now:

Those are absolutly gorgeous! Thank you for posting your pictures.

I tried cross pollinating some Hardy Hibiscus based on the "oh so scientific" criteria of which ones happened to bloom the same day. I'm counting my seed pods before they mature.
Pink Swirl x Cranberry Crush:


Berry Awesome x Starry Starry Night:

Cherry Brandy x Cranberry Crush:

Cherry Brandy x Starry Starry Night:

Mocha Moon x Cranberry Crush & Mocha Moon x Starry Starry Night:

Mocha Moon x Midnight Marvel:

Starry Starry Night x Cranberry Crush:

Cranberry Crush x Mocha Moon:

Berry Awesome x Mocha Moon:

A valient effort by my tiny one-stemmed Mars Madness - FFE and last bloom of the season in one:

clintbrown said:Hibiscus 'Mocha Moon' is a total winner. It has flowers all over, and they really pop against the dark foliage. This is a second year plant for me.

I really like this one. Maybe the local nursery will have it in the Spring!

Say hello to my first Hardy Hibiscus!



FFE coming soon!!!

Congratulations Jackie! You're gonna love it! Did you find it at Lowe's? That's where I got 6 of the 9 that I have, including my most recent - Mocha Moon. Starry Starry Night's foliage is even darker, and the flowers are huge, but I like them both.

DraDiana said:Congratulations Jackie! You're gonna love it! Did you find it at Lowe's? That's where I got 6 of the 9 that I have, including my most recent - Mocha Moon. Starry Starry Night's foliage is even darker, and the flowers are huge, but I like them both.

I bought a flat of purple mums from Lowes but I went to a nursery a couple towns away that I've been waiting to go to (thinking Fall planting rules and all ) and bought about 8 other perennials.

I just found out that Lowes is supposed to have phased out neonicotinoids and the manager at a Lowes about a 1/2 hour away is very knowledgeable and was quite familiar with which-local-nurseries-use-what, so that's why I grabbed the mums there. I didn't know they had specialty cultivars, though!! I will have to go back and check it out. Thanks, darlin'

DFH is freaked out because of the large number of plants that need to go into the ground. I think I might just surprise him....

Here are our first blooms (pre-planting) of Summerific 'Cranberry Crush' !!



Thanks to everyone for introducing me to Hibiscus -- I didn't know much about it other than some people make tea from it!

Very pretty, Jackie! I only have tropical Hibiscus, but am thinking I need to start ordering some hardy ones!

I just received an e-mail from Hallson's stating that the hibiscus won't ship until October 9th. They seem to be confused up there in Michigan, and are still blooming away! I usually pot up the new ones and sink them in the ground for the winter, so I guess I'll just wait patiently!

It's hard to wait patiently, at least for me!

plantmanager said:Very pretty, Jackie! I only have tropical Hibiscus, but am thinking I need to start ordering some hardy ones!

Karen, does that mean you keep them as houseplants during the winter? If that's the case, I might start doing the opposite and get some tropical ones

Hi Jackie, For many years I've kept tropical hibiscus in the house during the winter. I had them by glass doors and provided a plant light for them. Now I'm fortunate to have a greenhouse to keep them. I love ordering from Hawall from the Hibiscus Lady. Shipping is expensive, but her Hibiscus plants are so large and so healthy! She has plants I've never found anywhere else.
https://www.hibiscusladyhawaii...

plantmanager said:It's hard to wait patiently, at least for me!

It's not something that I practice a lot! I even find myself finishing someone's long winded sentences!!! Temps should be a lot cooler by the time they arrive, so that's worth the wait!

plantmanager said:Hi Jackie, For many years I've kept tropical hibiscus in the house during the winter. I had them by glass doors and provided a plant light for them. Now I'm fortunate to have a greenhouse to keep them. I love ordering from Hawall from the Hibiscus Lady. Shipping is expensive, but her Hibiscus plants are so large and so healthy! She has plants I've never found anywhere else.
https://www.hibiscusladyhawaii...

They are gorgeous indeed!! These two stood out right away. Thanks for the info and recommendation!

Those are gorgeous! I might have to go for that David Orr. Her plants arrive in such great shape! It's worth the expensive shipping. Now that they're in the greenhouse they all bloom all year. I just wish I lived where they could be outside year round.