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Re: "Rose of Sharon"

Ann,

This is the problem with common names. What you saw was a Hypericum (US
common name: St. John's Wort) not a Hibiscus syriacus (US common names:
Althea or Rose of Sharon). It was a surprise to me too when I first visited
the UK.

I'm glad to see all the posts on H. syriacus. It has been out of fashion
here in the USA for too long. Ivan Dickins (the holder of the UK National
Collection) at Notcutt's Nurseries tells me that it is becoming popular
there. Indeed, they won at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show this year with
a display of it. He tells me that they propagate about 40,000 or so plants
a year of H. syriacus cultivars. It is the National Flower of Korea and
they have an ongoing research program there.

I have been compiling an international list of cultivars. Currently over
300 cultivar names. Anyone finding good sources of cultivars in the US,
please let me know.

Beth Matney <bmatney@mail.snider.net>
central Arkansas USDA zone 7b (Sunset zoone 33)

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At 08:01 PM 9/4/97 -0400, you wrote:
>On a recent visit to the UK I saw a beautiful shrub about 6 feet tall and
>wide, covered with beatiful yellow flowers (this was end of July, beginning
>of August) which had wide petals and kind of thread like puffs in the
>middle. I saw these in such far apart places as Eastbourne and Lancaster,
>and they were not uncommon - I mean almost every other garden had them. When
>I asked what they were I was told "Rose of Sharon", but when I look this up
>it's a pink flowered shrub. Any suggestions on what it was I saw? I suspect
>whatever it was wouldn't be hardy to Montreal, but I'd love to know what
it was.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ann
>
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