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Post by denise15601 on Jul 16, 2022 12:38:21 GMT
I love my hibiscus!
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Post by kat on Jul 16, 2022 18:35:14 GMT
That hibiscus is gorgeous!!
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Post by denise15601 on Jul 16, 2022 22:03:34 GMT
Thanks Kat! I always wanted one but they are hard to find. My daughter bought this at a grocery store!!
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Post by denise15601 on Jul 16, 2022 22:06:44 GMT
So yay me. I have not been able to grow zucchinis or yellow squash for years. In my yard garden they would always get powdery mildew. And the same thing happened on my porch container garden.
This year I decided to try growing them along my driveway wall after my daffodils were done. I just picked my first one at 10". And make zucchini fritters! Yum
I kind of went crazy and now have 15 zucchini and squash plants along that wall. With green beans in front of them.. Methinks that I overdid it, since it looks like I will have a ton of squash.
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Post by jandsknight on Jul 16, 2022 22:17:45 GMT
I grew up in the semi-tropical southern tip of Texas. We had many types of hibiscus in our yard. Some winters it got cold enough to damage them even when they were covered, but they usually came back after the dead parts were pruned. My dad was friends with a man who sold them and created new varieties and he gave some to Dad. They were mainly double varieties in shades of pink, red, & yellow. Each flower lasted 1 day whether it was on the bush or cut and lying on our table. Later they developed plants whose flowers lasted longer, up to 3 days now I think.
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Post by denise15601 on Jul 16, 2022 22:26:57 GMT
I grew up in the semi-tropical southern tip of Texas. We had many types of hibiscus in our yard. Some winters it got cold enough to damage them even when they were covered, but they usually came back after the dead parts were pruned. My dad was friends with a man who sold them and created new varieties and he gave some to Dad. They were mainly double varieties in shades of pink, red, & yellow. Each flower lasted 1 day whether it was on the bush or cut and lying on our table. Later they developed plants whose flowers lasted longer, up to 3 days now I think. That's neat! I love the huge flowers, and too bad that they only last one day. Up until today, I was only getting one or two flowers a day. So 4 at once is a biggie.
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Post by kritter on Jul 16, 2022 22:28:38 GMT
I have 6 or 7 double cloral hibiscus that are doing OK but not blooming because they are majorly heat stressed.
My yellow and pink hibiscus are more in the shade than the others and budding but the blooms are falling off because I am watering them too much in this heat. I am OK with no flowers this summer. These plants have been around at least 6 years and are established so I don't want to lose them.
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Post by denise15601 on Jul 17, 2022 0:34:54 GMT
Wow-I have never seen a yellow hibiscus around here. Last year my daughter got an almost-dead tropical hibiscus at Lowes for me for $1. All it had was one green leaf and the rest were dead. I babied it and it recovered and bloomed all summer. I brought it inside and it bloomed until December. Now it is slow to bloom so I just replanted it into a bigger pot.
According to my googling, hibicus's can be in full sun. Mine only gets the morning sun. But we don't have your heat.
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Post by kritter on Jul 17, 2022 0:55:12 GMT
Yes, hibiscus are fine in usual full sun but not the full sun we have this summer. I have leaves that are actually being burnt off plants. If my yellow hibiscus blooms this fall, I will post a pic.
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Post by denise15601 on Jul 17, 2022 2:11:17 GMT
Yes, hibiscus are fine in usual full sun but not the full sun we have this summer. I have leaves that are actually being burnt off plants. If my yellow hibiscus blooms this fall, I will post a pic. Can you cover them when the sun is the hottest? I did that with my lettuce on my porch last year in the afternoon.
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Post by val2525 on Jul 17, 2022 2:44:23 GMT
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Post by val2525 on Jul 17, 2022 2:46:33 GMT
Wow-I have never seen a yellow hibiscus around here. Last year my daughter got an almost-dead tropical hibiscus at Lowes for me for $1. All it had was one green leaf and the rest were dead. I babied it and it recovered and bloomed all summer. I brought it inside and it bloomed until December. Now it is slow to bloom so I just replanted it into a bigger pot. According to my googling, hibicus's can be in full sun. Mine only gets the morning sun. But we don't have your heat. When I lived on the Gulf Coast, I could buy red, yellow, pink and variegated shades of Hibiscus. But here in SA, it seems most of the hibiscus sold are red (not all, but most). I have no idea why unless the red version is hardier in our climate. I had some GORGEOUS hibiscus in pots in a variety of colors when I lived in Tampa.
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Post by labbypaws on Jul 17, 2022 14:22:05 GMT
Going to be a hot and humid week here in Philly area. Grass is brown and we are on water restrictions.
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Post by kritter on Jul 17, 2022 15:14:43 GMT
That would be a major undertaking as the hibiscus are scattered all over the front and back yards. They are all planted in the ground. My total backyard and 85% of the front yard are zeroscaped with flower beds.
Val, you are definitely shopping at the wrong stores for hibiscus. I don't buy the red ones because there are so many other color choices. Next year try Lowes and Home Depot for the various colored ones if you are looking for them. I have even picked up some various colored ones at my HEB but they go fast. I have 10 hibiscus total in my yards and none of them are red.
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Post by denise15601 on Jul 17, 2022 16:49:25 GMT
Whoa Kritter! Okay, 10 is a lot. Nevermind.
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Post by kritter on Jul 17, 2022 20:15:11 GMT
I just finshed watering in my backyard and one thing for sure, next year when I replant everything that died this summer from the heat, I am planting bougainvillea. The bougs and the Esparanza are the only plants that are hanging in there. Even the Salvia and the Lantana are struggling.
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Post by val2525 on Jul 17, 2022 22:10:44 GMT
Makes sense. Both of those plants grow in PHX too, with minimal watering.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Jul 18, 2022 12:20:36 GMT
kritterDo you have oleander? When we lived in Austin, we had two beautiful oleanders.
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Post by kritter on Jul 18, 2022 14:08:52 GMT
kritter Do you have oleander? When we lived in Austin, we had two beautiful oleanders. No, no oleander. I have never been an oleander fan for some reason. Now that you mention it, I haven't noticed many of them around anymore.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Jul 18, 2022 14:33:32 GMT
That's interesting. Your yard looks amazing based on the pictures we've seen in the past.
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Post by kritter on Jul 19, 2022 0:54:22 GMT
Thank you. It is a challenge to keep everything alive until this heat eases up.
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Post by jandsknight on Jul 19, 2022 3:34:56 GMT
Another flowering plant story from the southern tip of Texas where I grew up: oleanders were used as windbreaks between fields. They grew really tall, too; taller than a one-story house.
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Post by kritter on Jul 19, 2022 15:33:59 GMT
I have 3 Esparanza that are doing that now. No flowers; they just keep getting taller. My Esparanza in other parts of my propery are flowering but those in the northeast corner of the front yard are Jack & the Beanstalks.
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Post by jandsknight on Jul 19, 2022 20:58:21 GMT
I remember esparanzas getting quite tall and bushy, too. I like their name because it is Spanish for hope.
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Post by val2525 on Jul 20, 2022 14:58:37 GMT
kritter Do you have oleander? When we lived in Austin, we had two beautiful oleanders. No, no oleander. I have never been an oleander fan for some reason. Now that you mention it, I haven't noticed many of them around anymore. Probably because oleander is poisonous to pets and kids.
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Post by kritter on Jul 20, 2022 15:52:52 GMT
Probably not because we have sego palms all over the place which are also poisonous. I think it is just a plant that was around before there were all the landscape choices that are available now.
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