My 'Moy Grande' is almost finished for this year, except for a few buds on a little branch which are yet to bloom. I will have to give it a sniff when it blooms again. I DO have a coccineus/Grandiflorus hybrid called 'Red Flyer'. I must sniff one of its flowers tomorrow even if they are mostly 8 to 10 feet high!

Hello palmfan,

I don't know if you got the chance to smell your 'Red Flyer' or not, but I still didn't get much smell from my 'Moy Grande' this year either, but...

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My Hibiscus grandiflorus finally is blooming now, and it DEFINITELY has a sweet floral scent. It's so late-blooming that all the other Hibiscus are already scattering seeds and turning yellow and brown.

I'm trying to freeze some pollen for use next year with my other Hibiscus. Does anyone know if Hibiscus pollen tolerates freezing?

Thanks, Tom

I just used one of the two frozen samples of grandiflorus pollen on one flower each of 'Blue River II' and 'Old Yella'.
From what I've read, grandiflorus is supposed to be fully interfertile with the moscheutos types, so wish me luck in getting that grandiflorus fragrance into some earlier-blooming, flat types.