I would expect pike nursery on 280 does, as well as collier nursery off of Rocky Ridge road

They will survive there and you might even see an occasional bloom. Over time they will probably decline in health. 2 hours of sun is better suited to shade loving plants. randy

Is anyone sharing seeds from this beautiful plant? Jackie

Wow 24 to 80 days. To see how well the leaves stay green and healthy looking so far really surprises me. These Rose of Sharon must be very reliable propagators. But up to 80 days seems extreemly long; especially since I manually mist them at least 8 - 10 times a day. But If some can take 80 days to root well, then I should be very happy to see even the smallest 1/4 inch long root hair after only 2 weeks. george51l is the 1% IBA you use in a liquid form? I asked my nursery for some powdered rooting hormone, and they told me that they have better results using the Espoma Bio-tone starter which is in a liquid form which is supposed to be diluted to the ratio of 1 oz (2 tablespoons) in one gallon of water. They also told me that the stuff was good for newly planted trees which are suffering from our extreme summer heat conditions. I am going to try it on my Japanese Stewarta which is have a terrible time with the triple digit high temps we have been having this summer. for several a couple months the leaves have had browining around the edges, but after this last couple of weeks with such high temps the leaves have lost all their green and are now a redish brown, but still hanging onto the tree. I hope that the Bio-tone Starter Microbial plant food will feed the roots and keep the tree alive even though the leaves can no longer produce food for the roots. Do you think, that just if the tree does not pull through, I should cut off a branch and try to get it to root? Is that possible even though there currently are no green leaves?