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My hibiscus are blooming. I divided this one early on this year, so now I have 3 :)

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That's a beautiful color!! :P
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Wow! Stunning bloom and such a great color! :D
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Beautiful!! They can be addictive it you love the tropical look. Hanging my head here as I have more than I can count on two hands. :wink: We only have buds, no bloomers yet!
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Thanks all :)
Karma can't wait to see your's when they bloom. I love mine!

Here are some I didn't plant! They reseed very well here :lol:
They even come up in my drive way!


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Wonderful...so pretty!

Nice to see them not eaten by the Japanese Beetles...I'm sooo tired of the darn things :evil:
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Thank you for the beautiful pictures OC loves them and has several, just can't get out yet to see them.......Thank you so much for whetting his appetite...............OC
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Ours are getting pounded by rain and wind so it will be interesting to see them bloom. With the high temps they fried before
they opened!
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These are now just starting to bloom here big time! Here are a few more of ours
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KHT, is that second pic a double one or is it the way the pic was taken?

You have such pretty hibiscus!
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Hey Annie! That one I got from Chris, correct me if I'm wrong on this I believe the name is Patty Plum? Yes that is a double in that sense with two. I have 2 Red TX stars, 1 White TX star, 2 reds, 1 Hot pink, 1 Patty Plum, 2 of the pinks with red centers, plus some that we started from seeds this spring and last fall. See these are addictive, too! We will be saving seeds from open pollinations.
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Very nice flowers on them!

I only have one left a white one, which has been the closest to the house with more foot traffic. I'm thinking the groundhogs or some night creature have ate, killed the others. Next spring I'm going to divide it, it's been in the same location for as least 5 years. Plus I want to order other colors from Chris now that I know how to rid the groundhogs with the smoke bombs.
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OC had several Blooms ths summer, but was just too hot to go outside........
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Hi Kht,

The purple one was Plum Crazy. :)

It was a great growing year here for Hibiscus and I'll have a nice selection next spring including Fireball, Kopper King, Super Rose, Pink Elephant (unbelievable huge flowers on this one), and a few plants each of Turn of the Century and Moy Grande. :D

Thanks for sharing all of these!

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Thanks Chris, it must of been one of those Senior Moments?? Oh goodie more to add!! :lol:
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