Aberrant Hibiscus flower

This Hibiscus moonraker has had about 8 flowers all looking the same , now this one blooms and it has taken upon itself to add ornamentation ,namely yellow spotting, . I wonder if it will change on the next flower .

Very pretty Gwen its a little different..
I pruned all my Hibiscus down last weekend actually I almost murdered most of them I took no notice of the 1/3 off and chopped 3/4 off them flowers and all most of those were singles.

When do your shrubs get pruned Gwen .. With all the rain we have had the last year I have had to do them three times, with all the rain you get up there in the Summer do your shrubs grow 6 ft in a few months like mine did down here.

They get pruned at least twice a year now because I can't do them and John is only here 2 hours a week, sometimes he can give me an extra hour. When I was pruning ,plants got pruned whenever I thought it was necessary and that was often.
My belief in the tropical garden there's only one way to prune and thats hard, mostly you can forget the third rule , thats for southern gardeners.of course there is one exception and that is for tip pruning to shape a shrub. etc.

That's a beautiful hibiscus. Looks like it is just starting to get its full colours with that spotting. Did the 1st ones have more yellow round the edges or less? There is a Moonraker on this link that shows a lot of yellow (scroll down) http://www.hibiscus.org.au/Show07/Sunday/Sunday.htm

Gail I think you are correct and Faye agrees , its still a juvinile plant planter 20th July 2009 it wasd a bush only 18inches and had a flower on it. I will watch it grow and see if the flower ends up like the one in the link you put on.

I have a few other new ones just planted out , They were bought ab Faye the non gardener..
They are Enid Lewis a single pale pink
Pro Legato semi double reddy colour
Full Moon semi double yellow.
When they flower Faye will get pics.

Ho Ho Ho ..I like that one Gwen..
Yes we have to think that way otherwise we will end up living in a jungle..

Gail I think you are correct and Faye agrees , its still a juvinile plant planted 23trd July 2009 it was a bush only 18inches and had a flower on it. I will watch it grow and see if the flower ends up like the one in the link you put on.

I have a few other new ones just planted out , They were bought ab Faye the non gardener..
They are Enid Lewis a single pale pink
Pro Legato semi double reddy colour
Full Moon semi double yellow.
When they flower Faye will get pics.

Oh that is beautiful!