August flowers of the day.

[Doll]

Charlie, I'm also thinking the night time lows are a big factor as well. I don't really know if the plants are affected by the heat index or it is only the actual temperature that matters.

[Charlie]

Hi David - congrats on the first Saffron! Looks pretty and has the yellower colors that it gets when grown in more shade. It's one that blooms its head off in full sun, but that is with moderately hot temps. I haven't been able to test it in full sun and very hot weather.

Charlie

[Charlie]

Doll, hibiscus react so variably that I believe all factors matter - temperature, humidity, sunlight, and wind. The hotter, drier, sunnier, and windier it is the harder it is on the plant and the flowers. The factors are interrelated, too, so that if one goes up and another goes down there is a compensation effect. The most obvious is heat and light. If both go up or down the effect on hibiscus is very strong, but if one goes up and the other down hibiscus still perform quite well.

Charlie

[Doll]

I have both the Confection Perfection and that Cindy's Heart planted in filtered sun only. Just to give you an idea of the heat, at 10:00am the temp is only 88 but the heat index is 104.

[Darkhorse]

Tahitian Princess bloomed for the first time for me today.  And what a nice bush she has, with no work at all!  No pruning or staking here. 

Also, Blue Ballerina.  Now that she's old enough to bloom, I imagine we will be seeing a lot of her!

[helixturnhelix]

Oh wow TP is very pretty, great job with that one Jordan.  Charlie are you currently propagating this one?

[Charlie]

I agree - Tahitian Princess is very pretty. I have one large plant and several smaller plants that will serve as stock for propagation later this summer and fall. Although it sometimes roots, I think it will do better as a grafted plant and that's the way I plan to propagate them for now. Makes a good bush, and is a prolific bloomer. Best to come out of Tahiti that I have seen.

Charlie

[helixturnhelix]

I really like this one alot, I just put my name on the waitlist.  What other Tahitian varieties have you grown?  I saw that you have a few TP crosses that have started blooming, does it set seed?

 Yet another one Jordan grows that looks great.  Maybe she really does need to get some commission

[Darkhorse]

Something I didn't notice when I took the first picture-- twins!  So I took a picture of the bush with both flowers open.


I owe all my nice bushes to HVH fertilizer and all the info I've learned from the forum and the website. 

[blupit007]

Jordan, what is the recipe that you use? 

[Darkhorse]

Kristen, with every watering I use:

1/2 tsp per gallon HVH acid blend
1/2 tsp per gallon Supernova
1/8 tsp per gallon iron chelate
1/3 tsp per gallon seaweed extract (potassium)

Once every two weeks I skip fertilizing and water with 2 tsp/gallon HVH booster

[helixturnhelix]

First bloom on Burnt Saffron!

I took both shade and full sun pics, this is probably one of the prettiest hibiscus I have seen.  The bush looks a bit lop sided because it was growing next to a wall.     

[helixturnhelix]

Jordan, can't get enough pics of your TP

[motherof4]

beautiful burnt saffron...jordon do you do this everyday.??.and how many plants do you water with that 1 gallon....I use about the same but not every watering ....I do it about twice a week...I think I might up it..thanks lynette

[Charlie]

Nice one, Chris! I just knew you would like this flower and have been waiting for the ones shipped this year to start blooming. Thanks for sharing this first bloom.

Charlie