Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
Subject: Hibiscus. Tue May 05, 2009 10:00 pm
A few flowering at present some very moth eaten though managed to find a few intact. I think it needs some Potash..
Fantasia:
Swan Lake:
No Name I grew it from a cutting:
Then there is Ritzy its sticks out like a Neon Light
Its a very tiny plant still even after having it for 14 months..
Gail Gardener
Posts : 1693 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : near Gympie, Qld
Subject: Re: Hibiscus. Wed May 06, 2009 4:43 am
I these hibiscus, they just continue to grow and flower continually but my other fancy ones fight a continual battle with grasshoppers, etc and rarely flower
Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
Subject: Re: Hibiscus. Wed May 06, 2009 6:42 am
Me too Gail they just keep going on and on, the flowers are not as big but quality and quantity make up for that. I am not having much success with the other ones at all except the Cuban Variety, single red and a dark pink one like that med pink above.
Have a lot of beetles in them this year ruining the flowers I will have to see if I can find a friendly spray because those little green frogs live in those shrubs too.
Karingal Assistant Gardener
Posts : 759 Join date : 2009-03-15 Age : 76 Location : Lake Macquarie NSW
Subject: Re: Hibiscus. Wed May 06, 2009 6:43 am
They are gorgeous, MA.....'Ritzy' is very colourful..very nice.
Mary-Anne Unionized Gardener
Posts : 3783 Join date : 2009-03-14 Location : The Sunshine State.
Subject: Re: Hibiscus. Wed May 06, 2009 6:45 am
Thanks so much Fay, yes Ritzy is certainly very colourful..
Marleneann Garden Sherpa
Posts : 302 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Buderim
Subject: Re: Hibiscus. Wed May 06, 2009 8:13 am
All nice ...but Ritzy...WOW!
Pitta Gardener
Posts : 1868 Join date : 2009-03-16 Age : 89 Location : Cooktown Qld
Subject: Re: Hibiscus. Wed May 06, 2009 8:55 am
I agree Its Ritzy for me too.
Little Miss The Estate Unionized Gardener
Posts : 2542 Join date : 2009-03-14 Age : 63 Location : The Garden State
Tue May 05, 2009 10:00 pm
these hibiscus, they just continue to grow and flower continually but my other fancy ones fight a continual battle with grasshoppers, etc and rarely flower 
