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Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 02:42 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I am sure some GBs have mentioned this plant before but I have never come across it in England. Can anyone give me information on Hibiscus moscheutos? Do you buy the plants or grow from seeds? Are there different varieties? Do you have pictures?
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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 12:26 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have some of these, I bought them as
plants. They are a dwarf type, they only
get about 3' high.
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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 02:04 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Moira I have 3 which I bought as small plants. They grow fast. Beautiful flowers last one day each for several weeks. But they drop off and leave a mess beneath them.


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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 03:15 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

This is another dwarf, it's called Luna Red.
I have one of the taller ones but I have to
move it to full sun. Yours are beautiful Plantynut.

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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 07:28 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Moy Grande, Flare and Lord Baltimore are highly recommended. I have Texas Red and Texas White Star hibiscus as seedlings right now...very easy to germinate...they like wet areas but are okay if you give them regular watering. Mind you, they look like giant marijuana so I gotta keep them out of sight of cops and robbers!LOL

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 05:09 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have found this link:
http://swallowtailgardenseeds.com/perennials/hibiscus.html

They should be hardy??

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 05:18 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have just tried to order some seeds:

1 PR881 HIBISCUS, SOUTHERN BELLE MIX $3.25 $3.25
1 PR6243 HIBISCUS, DISCO BELLE MIXED $3.25 $3.25

Sub Total : $6.50
: Shipping
Shipping : $3.95
Tax : $0.00
Total : $10.45

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 07:36 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow! Thanks for the response everyone.
Jim, Arlene wonderful shots. I didn't know there were dwarf forms. Thanks for the headsup about the mess they leave Arlene but this shouldn't be a problem in the garden I want to use them in. I find it astonishing that this plant is not offered for sale in the UK. Maybe there is a niche in the market lol!
Hans thanks for the link. Is it an American supplier? Have you found any info on there about length of time from seed to flowering plant? Do you have room for this in your garden too? Glad I sparked an interest. It is so unusual and the flowers so enormous. I wonder why it is not sold over here?

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 07:44 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Stephie wrote on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 07:28 pm:

I have Texas Red and Texas White Star hibiscus as seedlings right now...very easy to germinate


Forget all the germination questions I just asked Hans! I missed your post completely Stephie. Does that mean they grow as fast as they germinate? The garden I want one for (maybe more if there are dwarf forms) is the one with the underground springs in it. The info I found on it said it is rabbit resistant and loves boggy ground. What a focal point that big red would be!! A talking point too seeing as I have never seen one being grown here. That is a bit of a worry as I do not want to introduce something that might cause a problem. Is it invasive in anyway? would the birds eat the seeds and speread them? Do they self seed prolifically?
Stephie wrote on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 07:28 pm:

they look like giant marijuana so I gotta keep them out of sight of cops and robbers!LOL


Final question...would I get arrested LOL!! ;)

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 08:02 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

They are easy to germinate. I usually soak mine first and then sow them warm. They never bloom for me the first year I sow them, but I'm in a pretty cold part of the U.S. Maybe in the gardening paradise that is the UK, you'll get faster results. It is an awesomely showy flower.

I wouldn't think that they're in any way invasive, but that's speaking from my zone, where nary a one has self-seeded.

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 09:28 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Growit wrote on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 07:36 am:

Is it an American supplier?


Yes

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 10:33 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Texas Red & White stars are fast growers and not a species that is invasive or a problem.....no you won't get arrested (LOL) but I live in a part of Canada known for grow-ops, so questions might be asked...not that I care because it isn't a dope plant!! There might be a dope growing it....hahaha!

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 10:33 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That's me of course!

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Stephie wrote on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 10:33 am:

That's me of course!

LOL!!
Thanks everyone. I am going to do my best to introduce Britain to perennial Hibiscus!

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 12:29 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hangin' my head in shame here, I have several varieties and planted all the seeds that we got last fall. This plant is a must have for those that are looking for the tropical appearance for sure!!

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Has anyone planted kenaf? It's quite tall and am thinking of it...hibiscus cannibas I think it is and there's that marijuana name again...but it isn't related. I saw it somewhere and I know I can get the seeds but don't know if it's worth it.....

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Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 04:44 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have two varieties of hardy hibiscus both of which were given to me by my cousin when she split hers. I'm not sure exactly what the names are. Some one on here ID them for me last year and I wrote it down but can't seem to locate it now, sorry.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 10:50 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I got the seeds yesterday.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 03:05 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Excellent. Must order some too!

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Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 02:37 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Seil, your's are beautiful. I got this one at Walmart years ago and it comes back every year, blooming nicely. First is the bloom, then showing the bush, which gets about 4' tall and wide. The blooms do look kind of messy but with everything else in this bed they're barely noticeable.
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Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 06:00 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My seedlings are growing fine, about 80% germination.

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