I am new to growing hibiscus and have gained several varieties - among which are the Luna Red and Luna Blush. My hibiscus didn't get very tall this year - about 2.5 feet tall was all - so I am anxious to see them in the summer of 2006. I am including a link that shows the blooms of some of those that I grew. I found three more Luna Blush on sale for $1.99 each a month ago - I grabbed them quickly! They didn't look too great but I hope they look terrific next summer! I am looking to find others who grow hibiscus in SW Michigan as I can use all the encouragement I can get with these beauties! Cheers - Kiwi in Kalamazoo Here is a link that might be useful: FLOWERS 2005

It just stormed for about an hour and still sprinkling! I swear I can hear my hostas outside cheering!!

Thanks so much for the kind words. summersrhythm - I goofed and miss typed her name and now Houzz will not let me edit my post - she's not Pretty Miss, she's "English Miss", as my best guess. I found her unmarked, as the only iteration of this rose I ever found at a big box store, and was mesmerized with her blooms, that at some point in their growth form (that I didn't capture in that pic) look like camellia blooms. She's own root, and I am so smitten with her. She's always been pretty small as are her blooms, but at about 5 years old she just keeps sprawling a little more each year, and giving me more blooms each year. "'English Miss' is a floribunda rose bred by Roger Pawsey of Cants of Colchester, England, and introduced in 1977.[1][2] It was named in honor of the raiser's three-year-old daughter Sally-Anne.[3]"

That path is not wide enough for benches, but there is already a bench in that garden (see pic above), where I Iove to sit. Each of our sort of separate mini gardens have benches in them - 5 in total. Glad you like it - I am waiting for the roses on the right side of it to grow over the top of that arbor, and in the "New Garden" next to it (on the left in the pic), just beyond the deer fence, there are 3 roses we planted last year which I hope will grow up and onto that same circular arbor. I am not very patient, but I am waiting... Jackie