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Tue, Jun 1, 10 at 18:36
| This is crazy. I've been buying my Hibiscus from the same store for years now and the flowers on them never change.
The one I bought this year (Hardy Hibiscus) was full of the most beautiful light pink flowers with dark pink centers. That's why I bought them, for the color. Now they are red. Just plain old red. Why would it do this? Me no likey. :( |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 2, 10 at 12:32
| Could the pink have been grafted onto the red flowering hibiscus? Maybe the pink died off and and the red is now sprouting up?? CMK |
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| Could there have been a seedling in the pots and that's what's blooming now? The majority of my hardy hibiscuses are soft pink with a dark eye. They mostly come true from seed but one seedling turned out to be an intense pink with bigger flowers and different foliage - probably a throw-back to a parent of the bicolor... |
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- Posted by cindysunshine 5b (My Page) on Wed, Jun 2, 10 at 16:24
| I don't know if they graft hibiscus like roses but that's what you get with a rose - the old red blooms from the rootstock. |
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