Hibiscus leaves sprouting up!

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Submitted by frillyflower on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 15:58
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Since "Tropicals" is my favorite forum, thought I would get a hibiscus thread rolling.

 Just recently I cut back my potted hibiscus (several) and would you believe I have baby leaves already showing on their stems?  That is remarkable.

 Others?

P. S.  I was going to show a pic but need to read more on how to do it. :(

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Pruned Tropical Hibiscus

Submitted by DorothyD on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 09:02.

I pruned this one 3  weeks ago and it was bare.  This is today.

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I love my hibiscus!

Submitted by dancer36 on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 14:31.

I have 2 good size double red hibiscus.  I have seedlings for red shield, luna blush, disco bell, large pink, magenta, white w/pink eye, white w/red eye, white, pink, single red, burgundy, red texas star and cannabinus.  I'm wait on these to sprout red dinner plate, blue satin, blue bird, baltimore mix, little elizabeth x all aglow, golden doubloon x unknown and yellow delight x president.

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hibiscus leaves

Submitted by frillyflower on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:22.

Wow Dorothy, that is some fast growing!  What do you feed yours and how often?

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I have not fed

Submitted by DorothyD on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:27.

them since it got cold.  I use a epsom salt and MG Bloom Booster every other week. 

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hibiscus food

Submitted by frillyflower on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:33.

Oh good. how much of each?

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Feeding

Submitted by DorothyD on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:40.

I use watering can.  One scoop of MG and cup of epsom salt.  The same with brugs. 

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Your hibiscus varieties

Submitted by frillyflower on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 22:32.

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Wow dancer, you surely to have an assortment of hibiscus seeds.  Would love to see pics when they grow up!Smile

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Mary, don't give up on your

Submitted by sharry_lynn on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 12:49.
Mary, don't give up on your hibiscus.  Many of them are VERY slow to come back after a frost.  You may not see any life from it till June.  If you wait that long and it's well into summer and it still has no leaves, then I think it's safe to assume it's dead.  It seems like many of the tropical varities that aren't supposed to take any frost will actually come back after a light freeze.  There's a house down the street from me that has a beautiful variegated tropical hibiscus.  It dies back every winter and they cut it down to the ground, but it comes back agian every year.
--Sharry
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I love hibiscus too. My

Submitted by maryataylor on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 12:15.
I love hibiscus too. My hubby just bought me a hibiscus tree. It was very pretty. The last cold spell we got froze it. I don't know if it will come back. I sure am hopeing...

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Hope your hib. comes back

Submitted by frillyflower on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 22:36.

Hi Mary,

Sure hope the variegated hibiscus comes it back.  Give it a chance.  Look for those teency leaves to appear.  It may take sometime tho.

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My hib. is sprouting and do

Submitted by Blondie09 on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 09:12.
My hib. is sprouting and do you believe it even flowering indoors.....guess it wants spring to get here lol.

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I've not heard of growing a

Submitted by frillyflower on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 22:38.

I've not heard of growing a hibiscus indoors, that's great, and even blooms indoors too.  What is the name of your hib?

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My sister takes her tropical

Submitted by disgett on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 13:39.
My sister takes her tropical hibiscus inside puts in her den every year.  Come spring she takes the plant back outside.  Dale

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hibiscus

Submitted by frillyflower on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:14.

Hmm, that's cool.  What state does your sister live in?

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I have a Bloody Mary

Submitted by sharry_lynn on Sat, 03/01/2008 - 11:44.
I have a Bloody Mary tropical hibiscus.  I bought it late last summer and kept in outside in a pot all winter.  I wasn't sure it would be hardy here, but I wanted to test it, and sure enough it survived!  The only protection I gave it was to pull it under the porch for the few weeks of really cold weather we had.....then I just kinda forgot about it.  It looks a little ragged now since it started losing leaves before I put it under the porch.  But it's starting to sprout new leaves.  I'm wondering if I should cut it back or if the leaves will fill in on their own?  I did take a cutting of it in the fall and rooted it indoors.  I have that one growing on my windowsil in a small pot, and it has a bud on it!  I am quickly running out of space for indoor plants, but it would be nice to keep on indoors flowering all year.
--Sharry
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Your bloody mary hibiscus

Submitted by frillyflower on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 22:51.

Had to google your bloody mary hibiscus since I had not  heard of that.  Very pretty, almost reminds me of a bearded iris bloom.  I would cut it back.  I've done that with mine and new leaves are everywhere.  We are both in zone 9 too!

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Hibiscus leaves sprouting up

Submitted by mawnature on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 21:21.

Frilly, this is a lovely photo of your hibiscus.....but it's not within the size range that Al has specified.  Did you upload this from a site where you have your photos stored, such as Photobucket?  We've had a couple of other very large ones, and they had to be deleted.  Please try to remove this post, and create another one with your photo resized to 35 KB or less.   Thank you...

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hi maw

Submitted by frillyflower on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 22:54.

Hi maw,

Thanks to a buddy here, I was able to learn about resizing in Microsoft Paint.  I did a test upload in Test thread and it works fine.  I'll just skip this one to resize since it is quite a fete to resize in Paint.

 

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All of my Rose of Sharon are

Submitted by skbeal on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 19:51.
All of my Rose of Sharon are getting their first growth. I can't wait until I see new growth on my hibiscus. I already see cannas peeking out of the ground.....So far no EE's or other stuff! I can't wait for spring and summer!

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rose of sharon

Submitted by frillyflower on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:18.

Hi sk,

Wow, new growth on Rose of Sharon.  I tried rooting a cutting last fall but that did not work out.  Hope you see new growth on your hib real soon!

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Thanks Frilly

Submitted by Treva on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 17:00.

 

 Thanks for sharing that is so exciting!!!

 I too Love Tropicals and Hibiscus is one at the top of the list!

What kind are you growing?

Thanks for starting this thread.

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kinds of hibiscus

Submitted by frillyflower on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:13.

Hi Treva, thanks!  Well, I've got 2 potted hibiscus.  The hibiscus in the front courtyard, potted, is unknown name.  Blooms wonderful pink color.  It's at least 8 years old.  The potted hibiscus in the back courtyard also blooms pink but different hibiscus than in the front. That one is about 4 or 5 years old.  The bark is entwined and really cool!  Thanks for asking.  Wish I knew their names.Cry

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Frilly, I started some

Submitted by Tatyana on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 19:43.

Frilly,

I started some hibiscus seeds and for long time I had nothing. I finally have 3 poink ones and a white hibiscus growing. My tallest seedling is about 5in tall, the shortest is 1.5 inches. I'll have to take some pics, and show off hehehe

I am so excited that I finally got them to grow, thanks for staring this thread

Tatyana

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hibiscus seeds

Submitted by frillyflower on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 18:21.

Hi Taty,

Your are welcome.  That is cool about your hibiscus seedlings.  You must have plenty of patience right?Smile  I used to have a white hib with maroon center.  It was very pretty but bit the dust.  I don't remember seeing white hibiscus.  May be fairly rare?

Yes, show us pics when you can.

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