Hidden Valley Hibiscus Forum

Hi charlie...will you be offering any sleeping beauty ?.......in the larger maybe 1 gallon plants....I have one that I have had since last year...she never has bloomed and barely has even grown...so I would like to maybe try a new one and see how she does..thanks lynette :)

You bet we will. Sleeping Beauty is one of the most enjoyable varieties to grow and watch all the different colors that the flowers show. There will be 1 gallon and 4 inch available. It's usually a good grower with few problems. I don't know what happened with your current one.

Charlie

Ya I dont know either....will the 1 gallon be available soon?...Thanks Charlie :D

Unfortunately, no 1 gallons will be ready to ship until April except the few that are in the online store now. I think we will be able to ship a little earlier this year because of changes made to the greenhouse that will grow the plants faster during spring gloom (cloudy and cool in southern CA).

Charlie

Actually I meant 2 gallon.....ya the ones in the store were 4 inch and are sold out....I will keep watching ..thanks charlie

There's going to be a little confusion over pot size this coming year. We plan to continue with the extra deep 4 inch pots but the 6 inch pots will now actually be 1 gallon pots. They are the same 6 inches across the top, but are 2 inches deeper than the old 6 inch pots. More soil, more roots, stronger plants that way. We may continue to call them 6 inch since they are still 6 inches across and people are accustomed to that. We are also discontinuing the 8 inch pot size but expanding the 2 gallon pot availability to include a lot more varieties than before. It will take a year to build up the supply of 2 gallons but that is the plan. The 8 inch pots were half way between the 6 inch and 2 gallons and aren't really needed.

In the end there will be 3 distinct sizes - 4 inch, 6 inch, and 2 gallon, each filling a particular need and price level. 2011 prices will be the same we have had for several years now.

Charlie

Lynett, I have your Sleeping Beauty's twin brother, it was doing nothing for me,didn't grow and didn't bloom.
But when you look on the info it does say it likes shade, so I brought mine indoors about 2 months ago and now have it has a houseplant. Well there is certainly an improvement in its growth, I am going to let it grow for a while and then slowly give it a bit of sun each day to see what happens.

yes david thanks....i have had it in the shade with little light for about 8 months...but now have it on my front porch where it gets morning and late afternoon sun...and its still the same...I wont give up on it though...maybe I just got a slow poke :-\