Tina, you can plant them now - they should be fine. I have several rooted cuttings in the greenhouse, but they will go into the ground tomorrow.

I have about six confederate rose bush and I love them. In late summer and into autumn they get mealy bugs all over.I just hose them heavy and hard to get the bugs off. All of mine are in full sun. I water them only occasionally. They loose all their leaves in the winter and then I cut them down 2/3. If this is not done the plant will get tall and leggy. By cutting them down they grow bushy. The branches that I cut I put them in a bucket with water for propagation. They grow really well and fast because the roots develop in water and are big plants. The seeds germinate in different places as the wind spreads them. I often find them by the side of the brook where the soil is damp. The plants from seed do not grow as fast as the cuttings and take longer to flower. this is my wife and I,when I was pregnant,in front of another bush. Felix

Are you talking about the hibiscus mutabilis? The hibiscus that starts blooming as either white, or light pink, and then throughout the day, or couple of days, it becomes a dark pink/rose as it grows older. I have such a plant. I planted it early this year in the ground (I'm zone 8b) and it has grown like crazy. It has become a leggy shrub (growing toward more light) and has tons of blooms on it...finally one bloomed....double white...beautiful....and was turning pink on parts of it today, but didn't see it this evening...if this is the plant you are talking about...also sometimes called confederate rose....you can take cuttings and it roots easily. I have two other smaller plants from cutting off a branch and cutting them in two and sticking in the ground this summer. They rooted and were putting on new leaves within a couple weeks! They do like the sun, and my big one is in more shade than it wants. This is one special plant, and the leaves are like a fat maple leaf, or maybe similar to a sycamore leaf. Very attractive growing habit. This beauty blooms in the very late summer/early fall time....right now for my zone. I would winter over in a pot in your zone if you get one now, and take cuttings, then have one in a pot and put one in a sunny garden spot next spring and see if the one in the ground makes it through your zone 5 winter. Good luck! A wonderful plant. fireflyintexas

Wow -- I had forgotten about passing it along to you. I moved mine to get more sun and then it withered away in one of those bad dry summers. I'm glad yours is still going. I got interested in them after seeing a huge tree size one growing by the pond at the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham. Also saw several growing around Barbra's place at Rockport.