It is a beauty Lucy! Love it and from seed too..I bet you are a proud mama..:) I wish you some peaceful time today too...We need rain so bad the farmers are hurting... I will have to do a rain dance..lol Have a nice day...

Lucy, wow, you go! From seed over the winter, too! I have several of them in my yard and always get a thrill when I see them opening, and that time is now! The more mature the plant, the larger the blossoms!

You must be so proud to raise this beauty! ~Brenda

I love the combo of pink with magenta centers! Beautiful!

Lucy I have one of those from a nursery in Seguin. Mine was labeled "Pink Swirl" Hibiscus.
I don't know if that is any help to you ,or just adds confusion.
princealbert

It's a Beauty!
I had a white one blooming.
Not sure of the name are nothing just hibiscus.
I really like your pink one.
This ones size is bigger than than a saucer. LOL
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Pretty Lucy, I have some of those diffrent colors
aren't they wonderful!
Susan

Glad that you could see my excitement. I love sharing good things and that was a BIG one. I will make up with it when I post the picture for today. I believe it is the smallest *flower* I have lol

Prince Albert thanks for the name. I know that the seeds that were shared with me had no names so I am not sure if they come true from seeds????

Regardless of the name, I just love it. I just wonder if it is hardy? If I can overwinter it? Cuttings?

Dorothy I love your white one also a LOT.

This shows again that a tiny seed can produce such a huge beauty!! I am looking forward to growing more seeds out this winter. Actually it is not so bad after all not knowing what grows. The surprise is GREAT :-)

Lucy

Lucy, if you like the dinnerplate hibiscus, try Lord Baltimore, and Moy Grande, these both do great in Texas, you will love them. They freeze to the ground in the winter but come back each spring. Barbra,

Lucy just wait another year and the blooms will be even bigger. I have that one and a white w/red eye that I started from seed at least 5 years ago. Not only did the blooms get bigger the 2nd year but the plants send out more stems every season. Lord Baltimore is a beauty with the dark red blooms and it gets HUGE. I've seen it as tall as the roof of a house.

Barbra thanks for the tips...got to try them. Will google tomorrow.

Here I thought I had to haul that one INSIDE over the winter lol. Thanks for the info.

Karyn the bad news about your news is that it is on the wrong place :-(

Have I mentioned that I truly appreciate everyone who shared those amazing seeds that produced such nice plants for me this season?

I DO>>>THANKS over and over again!!

Lucy

Lucy, if you want either plant,just let me know I have both. I can mail to you, or send back with Kristy, when she comes to Rockport in October. Barbra

Barbra :-))))))))) I am sure Kristy would not mind. I hope I have something you want from me in trade!!??

Thanks for now and HUG
Lucy

Lucy: here is my Texas Star Hibiscus that I just got over the weekend.
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and the pink Swirl that I have.
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Princealbert that Texas Star is beautiful! I sure hope that the one plant that is growing and developing buds...is that one!

Well looks like we have ourselves a pink Swirl :-)

thanks for the pics PA...love seeing things grown so close to home

Lucy

I had a big TX Star in a container. We were having a party and it wasn't in bloom at the time. I must have had 10 people ask why I was growing pot and several others whispering to each other and pointing at it. lol I finally put up a sign saying that is wasn't marijuana.

Oh I should grow that one in the front yard then roflmao

Lucy

Princealbert and all, life is so funny at times.

As I watered all plants...seeing and checking how many of those gorgeous pink swirls I got growing...I also checked the one I bought at the sales rack at Lowes a few weeks ago for almost 6 bucks...can you guess what one of em is? YUPP roflmao

But I did buy the red one too. They also had the white one but it was not on sale yet and cost almost 13 dollars.

Lucy

I'll have to be on the lookout for the red, and white ones. I haven't seen them at the Temple store.

PA I was at Lowes yesterday and they were all gone :-( I think they just let them DIE grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I hope I have seeds from the red one which is putting on buds.

Maybe someone can share white seeds. These grow so BIG from seeds, Lowes can not compete with that!

Lucy

Lucy, I took plants from my garden and put them in 1 gallon pots, you are set for the Moy Grande, and the Lord Baltimore. I also took other plants from my Lord Baltimore, in case someone wanted to trade. The Lord Baltimore is one of my favorite plants. it freezes back every year, but always comes back in the summer. Barbra

Barbra thank you so much for the time being. Is the Lord Baltimore easy to root? I just had not have any luck what so ever to root the tropical hibiscus'. I sure would love to have them for trade down the road.

Lucy

Lucy, I have never taken cuttings from these plants. Both hibiscus, have hugh root systems, that send out new plants. I just wack off a section that has its own root system, and instant plant. You have plants, not cuttings. Barbra

very nice! I have some of those too (the magenta kind) and I love them :) they've got a couple huge buds right now and I can't wait!

I collected a TON of seeds from the bushes by a little park/pond area nearby too - they're identical to yours. never got around to planting them though, what a jerk I am XD

Ria

Barbra thanks for explaining how you multiply this plant. I will try that on the ones I bought from lowes. the pink swirl. It looks like I might be able to WACK it lol.

Ria there is always next season! I do not think the seeds go bad that quickly or?

This pink swirl is just blooming constantly. I love it and could just stand there and watch the beauty all day. But it is to HOT lol

Lucy

Went to Lowes on Saturday, the had the luna hibiscus marked down to $3 each, they were bloomed out, but who cares for that price. I got the Luna Red, Luna Blush and Pink Swirl. I plan to collect the seeds, so that I can share, once they start blooming again. I read they are very easy to grow from seeds. Barbra

yes they are :-) Barbra I could not believe how beautiful the coloration was on the pink swirl. I just love it. You sure got a Bargain!! I still had to pay close to 6 bucks at Lowes on the SALES rack.
Everyday I check if seeds are forming...but I think it is just to hot for them to do this ??

Enjoy

Lucy