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non seed producing hibiscus??

16 years ago

My hibiscus is flowering slowly, however, all the hibiscus I've owned have never produced seed pods. The bloom just falls off and there is some thing that looks like a pod in the leaves after the flower falls off, (small green pod in the green part that held the flower) but it never turns brown to a seed pod.

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beachbarbie
16 years ago
Not all hibiscus self-pollinate.
Tropicals (H. rosa-sinensis) doesn't and I know there are others.
Texas stars (H. coccineus), Rose of Sharon (H. syriacus) and swamp (H. moscheutus) do.
Those are just the ones that I'm familiar with. Others here probably know more.
Barb

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