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« on: October 02, 2010, 02:13:27 PM » |
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"An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider all the other choices in life."
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« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2010, 02:29:24 PM » |
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Beautiful! I love the ruffles.  |
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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe
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Charlie
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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2010, 02:34:26 PM » |
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That's a nice start to October!
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davidwood
David In Nha Trang Vietnam
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« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2010, 02:58:19 PM » |
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Doll's picture of Bon Temps is one of the nicest Hibiscus i have ever seen,it looks nothing like the one in the Gallery and it will be my new desktop wallpaper till i see a better photo, which could be quite a time,really wonderfull and a joy to see.
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Doll
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« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2010, 03:20:15 PM » |
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Thanks everyone. I didn't realize BonTemps had such a ruffled flower. Not sure why there was not much pink color since the weather has really cooled down here.
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2010, 07:27:49 PM » |
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I've not seen a Bon Temps look quite like that one but hibiscus are quite variable and react to so many factors that this is obviously one of its many possible looks. One of its drawbacks here is that it doesn't open fully all the time.
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2010, 02:19:43 PM » |
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A nice P's Purple at the end of the day.  |
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davidwood
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2010, 06:14:58 PM » |
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I also have a P's Purple today,nice ruffle on it as well. Not sure what i am going to do with the bush though,it gets bigger by the day and needs a bit of staking.
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« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2010, 07:25:32 AM » |
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Thats quite a bush, Doll! P's Purple has a lot of vigor for such a simple flower. It passed that trait on to its offspring Sparkling Water and Ice Fairy - all 3 have these smaller flowers on top of big strong growing bushes. The European varieties that P's Purple came from would all be treated with growth retardant chemicals as they grew before being shipped to customers in Europe. We don't do that to our hibiscus and the result is some big potted plants!
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2010, 06:00:46 PM » |
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That's a gorgeous Bon Temps bloom. Mine is on its second summer and still not even one bud and it's now in an 8" pot and is a nice looking bush.
I haven't had any success with Dupont hybrids. Magnifique and Voodoo Magic don't bloom for me either. That may open up 3 spaces for some of Charlies new beauties if this trend continues. I threatened to send my never bloomed in 4 years Bubble Gum Fun to the compost pile this spring if it didn't do something soon and it has had fabulous blooms this summer. Coincidence? I wonder.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2010, 07:17:15 AM » |
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That's funny about Bubble Gum Fun, Dave.
One Dupont variety that I hope will do better is Black Dream. I have been getting some nice, big blooms on this one in 2 gallon pots since the weather warmed up. Here is one that bloomed this week that was at least 8 inches, larger than I've seen in the past.
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« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2010, 08:05:31 AM » |
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Charlie you are right about Bubble Gum Fun. Was it the threat, me moving it from a thin light weight dark green plastic pot to a heavier white one, or just a coincidence?
I would have jumped at Black Dream if it had been available in either 4 or 6 inch pot size.
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2010, 08:34:57 AM » |
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Dave, I don't know what happened with BG Fun. Others, I think Nina was one, had a similar experience in that just as they were about to give up on it the plant started blooming.
We will have some Black Dream in smaller pots next year.
Charlie
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« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2010, 09:10:20 AM » |
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Still the only ones blooming, thought I would share anyhow...
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« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2010, 09:22:49 AM » |
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Aha! The rare yellow Saffron bloom - thought it was Cosmic Gold at first. This happens when Saffron is grown in low light conditions. Pretty this way, too. Simple Pleasures looks really nice today!
Charlie
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