Bright Hope

[Charlie]

I remember seeing the first flower of 'Bright Hope' last year on the seedling bush. I liked the big dark eye and the bright ring of yellow color around the edge so I checked the tag and found it to be a cross of 2 of my favorites - Rainbow Christie and Simple Pleasures. We didn't have a lot of them this year but one made it to a gentleman in Florida who just started showing his flowers in Florida hibiscus shows. Lo and behold, he entered 'Bright Hope' in the "Amateur" class and it won Best Single in the amateur class. But then the judges evaluated the Best Single flowers from all the classes and voted 'Bright Hope' the Best of Show single. Quite a nice accomplishment for anyone showing in their first year. I should get a photo of the winning bloom one of these days but apparently it was a 9 inch flower with excellent colors on show day. Below is a photo of the very first flower that this variety opened on the seedling bush.

Charlie

[davidwood]

I remember seeing the first flower of 'Bright Hope' last year on the seedling bush. I liked the big dark eye and the bright ring of yellow color around the edge so I checked the tag and found it to be a cross of 2 of my favorites - Rainbow Christie and Simple Pleasures. We didn't have a lot of them this year but one made it to a gentleman in Florida who just started showing his flowers in Florida hibiscus shows. Lo and behold, he entered 'Bright Hope' in the "Amateur" class and it won Best Single in the amateur class. But then the judges evaluated the Best Single flowers from all the classes and voted 'Bright Hope' the Best of Show single. Quite a nice accomplishment for anyone showing in their first year. I should get a photo of the winning bloom one of these days but apparently it was a 9 inch flower with excellent colors on show day. Below is a photo of the very first flower that this variety opened on the seedling bush.

Charlie

Great story that Chalie.Would love to sometime see a picture of the winner, your photo is good and you could see why it would win but I bet the one that did win was very special.

[blupit007]

thats awesome!

[farmer d]

Hi Charlie,

To see a video clip of the winners including Bright Hope go to YouTube.com.  It is under Sunset 5.29.2011.AVP

Bright Hope was the best by far in my opinion.

Farmer D

[Doll]

Here is the link to the youtube video Darren mentioned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhPOeHxa-Jk

[davidwood]

Have to agree with Darren, I did like the seedling at 2.43 though.

[helixturnhelix]

How is the bush on Bright Hope?  Is it compact and full like Simple Pleasures?  You should put this seedling pic of it up, I thought it was too similar to SP until I saw this pic!

[helixturnhelix]

Interesting potential for Bright hope as a pollen parent at least.

This one is Orange Mocha x Bright Hope, sure is pretty!

[Charlie]

Bright Hope has become one of Cindy and my favorite varieties. We have a 1 gallon pot of it in our breakfast area with windows on 3 sides so all the hibiscus there bloom pretty well. Below are photos of a winter bloom of Bright Hope.

Charlie