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Re: Hibiscus question

At 10:11 AM 2/2/97 -0500, you wrote:rd
>from another subscriber that, that type is a herb perennial, not the shrub
>type that I have.  He also said that they(the hardy type) are a close
>resemblance to a hollyhock, not the hibiscus.
>

The best unscientific way I have found to tell the hardy hibiscus from the
tender is to look at the leaves.  We have winters to -20F occasionaly and my
hibiscus grow like weeds, reseeding their selves, sometimes freezing to the
ground but coming up in spring.  

The hardy ones do not have shiny leaves, and the tender ones do.  I have
never seen a 'tropical hisbiscus that does not have shiny leaves.  

The ones I grow have long since lost their names and hybridized themselves
to the point of having many different colors.  They all have bloom sizes of
over 6-8 inches and grow as a shrub clump.

The herbal variety, I think, is sometimes called a wild hollihock, don't
have the botanic name handy.  Usually has a small lavender flower.  The
plant grows like a hollihock on a tall stem and is also very hardy here, but
does not regrow from the roots--reseeds itself like crazy.
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