Hi Jennifer, I have oodles of seeds I can send you from South Korea. I am a NJ native teaching English in Korea due to the US economy. I have been a member of GW and Dave's for over ten years and have had successful trades with many gardeners in the USA. I have easy seeds for your children - Korean packets of portulaca grandiflora, dahlia, Korean traditional sunflower, chinese lantern seeds, Korean morning glories, all types of chile peppers, celosia, red salvia, impatiens balsaminia, and lots more. I'd be interested in trading for your white texas star hibiscus seeds if possible. Postage to South Korea costs anywhere between $1.67 to $3 depending on the weight and if you choose to use a bubble mailer. I'm fine with you mailing the hibiscus seeds in a plain white letter sized envelope with the seeds wrapped inbetween bubblewrap or napkins. Then the cost will drop to less than $1 to mail a first class letter. LMK if you'd be interested in a trade. I have so many seeds that I do not have room to plant this spring. I would be happy to send you and your children some packets of seed. Most of them will be from commercial sources.

There are quite a few Texas Star Hibiscus growers on this website. There are usually plenty of seeds to share for those how enjoy starting them from seed. Mine are coming up earlier this year than they usually sprout. Most of my usually do not bloom until July but from the looks of these right now I may be able to enjoy more blooms this summer. I have had them not even start to sprout about May which made me think they were dead. But now I know to just wait and see. The seeds came from one that was well over 10 foot tall but so far where I am living they only have reached 6 foot tall. My Confederate Rose Hibiscus got to over 15 feet tall so I cut it all the way to the ground. But I still have at least 3 more that if left alone will be trees in a couple year.

Same here. My 'mother' plant is just starting to send up new growth & I have a number of seeds coming up in the greenhouse!

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