Thanks, Vic and Becky. They are really wonderful plants. Out West I grew the tropicals but here I'm focusing on the hardy varieties due to the climate, of course. Although I may have to have a few tropicals soon.
I'm glad to see other Hibiscus lovers out there. I'm particularly loving my 'Aphrodite', one of the new sterile varieites. They are so nice trained into a tree form as well, as are 'Helene' and 'MInerva'.
One day at WM I had picked up a new Hib and had it in my cart in some other section of the store when a lady spied it and said to me something to the effect of "I have hundreds of the Rose of Sharons all over my property. You are welcome to come dig all you want. I have all colors and all flower types." She then gave me her phone number. I couldn't believe it.
Yes, the viruses.
Some are lethal and some aren't. But still ...
