Sleeping Beauty Indoors

[Cindy]

Here is my new favorite indoor hibiscus - Sleeping Beauty.  Isn't she gorgeous?



I have one Sleeping Beauty growing outside in my sunny garden, and the colors faded badly in the sun. I need to move it to a shady spot outside to see if that helps. But inside my house, it blooms with beautiful colors every time, the colors and blooms last for several days, and it blooms a LOT!

[roadrunner]

This is the first flower I've had on Sleeping Beauty which was recently moved indoors for the winter. I'm looking forward to seeing some blooms as colorful as the one on Cindy's plant. That gorgeous flower photo actually prompted my purchase.

dave

[Cindy]

Pretty, Dave!  Sleeping Beauty is our most changeable flower. It changes drastically with the weather - with both temp and sunlight. It's so, so strange. But I like all its colors, and can't really decide which one I like best. I suppose the most colorful look is best, but the other looks are still so different and interesting.

Mine just bloomed again today too. It's still a bit reflexed and will flatten out in a couple of hours, but this is the look today.



Our temps are back up in the 80's so it has more blue and lost the extra bands of colors. When high temps drop into the 70's and 60's, it will get all its colors back again. It has led me to a fascinating study in plant pigmentation!

Cindy