Re: stooling and Hybiscus syriacus

>
>
>I *stooled* my Rose of Sharon bush this spring, and didn't even know
>that's what I was doing! LOL!   It's
>about 4 feet tall and the limbs are as straight as an arrow!!
>
>Thanks for the excellent information.
>
>Pat
>pattm@execpc.com


You can take advantage of these straight stems if the plant is young 
enough (works best if from seed) to work up Rose of Sharon (Hybiscus 
syriacus) as a single stem into a nice, small tree.  Here is the one 
in my front yard:

http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/hybsyrtree.jpg

The bloodline (or maybe I should say "sapline") of this tree is 
interesting.  The original seeds were given to me over 40 years ago 
by an elderly Czechoslovakian woman who had worked in her younger 
days as a tightrope walker in the circus.  It is easy to work up as a 
tree if you start with seedlings and can bloom as early as 3 years 
from seed.





-- 
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com


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