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shirlton

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dual colour hibiscus
« on: November 21, 2006, 17:22:39 »
This white hibiscus has thrown 2 red flowers this year. has anyone else had this happen. I bought 2 of them from quiksave 3 years ago. They were selling them off for 1.99p for 2. I put them out in the summer and they sit on the kitchen window sill for the winter
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manicscousers

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Re: dual colour hibiscus
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2006, 19:06:51 »
regardless of the colour, they are beautiful flowers  :D

ACE

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Re: dual colour hibiscus
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2006, 20:37:55 »
With all these cheap supermarket pot plants, they put 3 cuttings in each pot to make it look good and saleable. We always get the 99p hibiscus and I use them in the garden in the summer. Nice cheap plants at 33p a plant, I had a really nice one this year in a pot of cream coloured flowers . a fantastic orange flamed coloured double.

I sometimes put one in a big pot in the conservatory after it too cold in the garden and after a light prune it usually grows into quite a nice shrub with at least 4 flowers a day. I throw it out when it gets too big and start another in a different colour. But you can keep it smaller with pruning but it does not bloom so well.

shirlton

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Re: dual colour hibiscus
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2006, 08:45:54 »
The 2 flowers are on the same branch
When I get old I don't want people thinking
                      "What a sweet little old lady"........
                             I want em saying
                    "Oh Crap! Whats she up to now ?"

ACE

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Re: dual colour hibiscus
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2006, 16:57:05 »
Strange. The only other answer I could suggest is that it is a hybrid that is trying revert to type.

 

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