hibiscus rosa synensis

[okianer]

my second love are hibiscus,pictures from my garden

[Tobi]

Beautiful Okianer. They are one of my favorite perennials as well

[patticake]

Sweet! I had a few hibiscus "Disco Belle" that I started from seed. They grew in the yard and were great- untill the winter of -30F plus wind chills.
My Mom has a nice double peach one in her house. I wish I had a bigger house! I have one inside at work (for my retired nuns.) They LOVE it! It's just a grocery store special, but they are crazy about it! Your plants are REALLY nice. Thanks for the pictures. They brightened up another dreary, cold day here.

[BlakeeBoo]

Very nice i love hibiscus. I have tried to grow them from cutting but have been unsuccessful.

[Debbie Hayden]

Those are very pretty, Okianer. Are they tropicals or hardy Hibiscus?

[Fransle]

Hey, I also have some hibiscus in my back yard.

I'll take pic of them, they are so beautiful when blooming, even birds can't get their eyes off it.

Th ecolor of my hibiscus is pink, red, yellow. they are separate plant though.

hang on there okay?
I'll take the pic now

[Fransle]

Here they are.....

[Debbie Hayden]

Oh, Fransle! Those are pretty! I especially like the yellow one.

[Fransle]

Thanks Debbie,

I will try to get a better picture of the red one. That one is impressive as well but the light at the time I took the pic wasn't at the right angle. I cut some of the red flower and put them in a vas, I placed them by my pc. And when my husband came home and asked if the flower was real, I was laughing out loud because those were the flower that grow in our back yard and he didnt even notice that.

I let them grow in the plant for now because when they ready to bloom there are so many flower bud in one spike, so if I cut it when only one of them blooming it will waste the whole buds on that spike. I will wait until the last bud blooming then I'll cut it put it in a vas again.

This hibiscus is so easy to plant in my area. I just trimmed them about a month ago because they grew wildly. and now they start to bloom again and even with more buds...I am so happy...

I will try to take a pic when the bids "park" in my hibiscus, the birds are also colorful, some of them has a green color with a yellow spot. beautiful. but some are grey....

I'll keep you guys posted!

[okianer]

Originally Posted by Debbie Hayden

Those are very pretty, Okianer. Are they tropicals or hardy Hibiscus?

hello
yes they are tropical hibiscus,at my state we do not have this specis at flower shops,but I menage to get them from state near mine,but this sorts come from Tahiti,and as I know at former Yougoslavia only two people have this tropic,registeted, hibiscus for sale.

I also get some seeds from India,and I get from that seeds little plants now,but they have not flower yet,they are too small,meaby this spring.

I like most of everything to get plants from seeds

[sandra]

Hibiscus are so beautiful and yours are no exception. They're all over here in Fla. and I never tire seeing them.

Your garden must be gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

[okianer]

hello fransle,I like your hibiscus.
hello sandra,they are beautiful,but it is hard to get to them from here.
I menage to get some seed from Tahiti,I wait them to grow.
orchids and hibiscus are my two big love.

[okianer]

Thank you patticake...I hope there willl be new photos soon..

[patticake]

I wish I lived where I could grow them outdoors. Well, soon enough- (2-3 years) we should be able to buy a house. (we rent right now) I'll have more room for hibiscus as well as all my other plants! Yay!
I've enjoyed looking at all these beautiful pictures.-Thanks! It's 5F out right now- with below zero windchills. Yuk.

[okianer]

this hibiscus I get to the house at novembar and get outdor in marth,for now I do not have many of thiis tropic hibiscus,but if I menage to get them more from woods I will try to leave them out at next winter,because here hibiscus can be left out in winter,not only hibiscus syriacus,but hibiscus rosa sinensis too

[okianer]

first this summer...

[patticake]

Beautiful!! I love them too- We can't grow them outside year-round like you... It must be nice. They are so pretty.

[okianer]

hello pattcake,thank you,I google a little about your home town,wery interesting,city on river am I right?

[okianer]

some new blooms

[solay]

I have just one hibiscus that survived the winter but has not bloomed yet. Those are just so pretty. Okianer, I love the purplish one on the first post.

Next January when I'm in the Philippines I will take some pictures of the beautiful Hibiscus there. There some neat ones I've seen there. So many colors and shapes.

[patticake]

Originally Posted by okianer

hello pattcake,thank you,I google a little about your home town,wery interesting,city on river am I right?

Hi, Okianer! Yes, my town is on the Hudson river. It was discovered by Henry Hudson who was in the ship, the Halfmoon. Hence the name. Discovered is an odd word, because there were native Americans already living here at the time.

I love your latest Hybiscus shots! They are so pretty! I'll have to get a shot of my Mothers' plant soon. It's a pretty orange double. Mine all died when my house froze a year and a half ago. We can't grow them outside year-round. Our winters get to -20F sometimes.(about -8C)

[okianer]

well it is not good for hibicus,temperature so low,here at boka kotoraka bay where I live, it is zone 10 and also at winter hibiscus go dead if they are not protect from wind.

[okianer]

but this hibiscus I have,you can get easy then me,because most of them are produced on tahiti

[solay]

Okianer, do you grow all of yours in pots? They can get really tall and big. Do you just trim them to keep them small? Here where I live they can survive the winter once they are large enough. When they are small they sometimes die over the winter.

[okianer]

hello solay,
yes they are all in pots,I know that they can grow big,because I have one 2m tall,I put one in my garden in soil this winter and he is still alive...I will try to grow it out side..
blooms from today..

[okianer]

Some new blooms in 2009

[mitko]

Very nice hibiscus garden, Okinaer , so beautiful flowers , unusual colours , great! Thanks for sharing this beauty with us !