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« Reply #75 on: December 09, 2011, 08:10:17 PM » |
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Darren, thanks for sharing your wonderful photos. I have lots of buds but they are very slow to open during this relatively cold spell we have had lately and when they do open they are not very spectacular to say the least. All your blooms look great but I am especially drawn to the color pattern of Tahitian Lavender Mist. It's one of the first choices I made on my recently submitted wish list.
It's always a great pleasure to be able to enjoy the blooms that you and others post here when I am having so few myself.
David, that City Slicker is beautiful.
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« Reply #76 on: December 09, 2011, 09:34:29 PM » |
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Great stuff Erny! I'm really intrigued by this really cold autumn we've had to see if I can continue to get blooms and growth out of my plants. I really want to avoid having my plants pretty much shut down for several months like last winter. We'll see.
TLM is actually not from HVH as I believe the only Tahitian Charlie has so far in the store is Tahitian Princess which I am a huge fan of. The bush on that one is very nice and vigorous. Can't wait to see what new ones are in the wings for 2012.
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« Reply #77 on: December 10, 2011, 01:32:06 AM » |
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Hot Southern Nights with a different red colour Dragons Heart and Bright Horizon today, I have to cut BH and place them, there in a part of the garden I cant see. Here in Vietnam they are small at 4 inches and I have to force them open but I wouldn't swap them, I think they are lovely.
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« Reply #78 on: December 10, 2011, 05:54:48 AM » |
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Our house hibiscus on the front porch also stopped blooming after the cold weather hit in December. Many of them had buds so we moved several into sunny windows inside the house about 10 days ago (just before we had the first freeze of this winter) and they are blooming once again. It has been interesting to watch the first flowers come out about half normal size and with the red shifted colors of cold weather but with each new flower the size has increased and the color has become more normal. I can't help but wonder if all these green hibiscus in the house clean and oxygenate the air enough to be measurable. They sure brighten the place up anyway. Beautiful Bright Horizon flowers, David. I'm very disappointed that the cloned plants of that variety do not open well much of the time. The original seedling plant did not show that flaw. As you said, the flower petals can be pushed open by hand and then look fine but I can't see putting a note on every plant of BH suggesting that. Might have to take it off the market despite the popularity of the colors.  Charlie |
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« Reply #79 on: December 10, 2011, 09:52:01 AM » |
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Thats too bad about Bright Horizons Charlie, its a real beauty. Is it a cool weather bloomer? Ive heard it does well, blooms and opens well indoors. Its pretty amazing how much live plants clean the air. This is the link to one of the original papers on using plants to clean indoor air pollutants. http://www.scribd.com/doc/1837156/NASA-Indoor-Plants Whats really surprising is how there is negligible concentrations of benzene after only 1.5 hours. What I found most interesting about having a significant number of houseplants in the house, was the significant increase in humidity. Especially since heated air is so dry. Attached are my blooms from this week from my basement! |
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« Reply #80 on: December 10, 2011, 12:16:12 PM » |
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I know ti's not officially winter yet but it might as well be. On my 60+ plants only one photographable bloom today and I had to open it by hand. This is the down side of having your plants in the ground. Jazz shows decent colors but the metallic ring around the eye is much less defined in the cooler weather.
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« Reply #81 on: December 10, 2011, 02:08:02 PM » |
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David and Chris your blooms are beautiful. Great colors and form!!!
Erny Jazz looks great. That is a really nice bloom. I can imagine a whole bush full of those and that would be pretty amazing. Soon!!
Speaking of out door and in ground hibiscus down sides...here is another one that I really really really hate!!! Sorry but cats suck between this and their mating at 4am in the morning that sounds like babies on drugs.
It all starts when you see that mound of dirt that wasn't there the day before...
Happy Saturday!
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« Reply #82 on: December 10, 2011, 04:42:34 PM » |
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Not sure which one this is. This one never bloomed all that well because it was neglected.
I pruned it a tiny bit and fed it... judging by the blooms it looks happier!
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« Reply #83 on: December 10, 2011, 04:45:24 PM » |
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Common here in Hawaii but I still love this little hibiscus...
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« Reply #84 on: December 10, 2011, 05:01:37 PM » |
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Just bought these ("Modern Art" and "Elishea")... they had these buds on them when they were shipped (from O'ahu). Not quite living up to the photos yet! As you can see the pads aren't developed on the Modern Art, I'm guessing from stress. Hopefully the next blooms will be better.
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« Reply #85 on: December 10, 2011, 05:06:36 PM » |
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LOL Darren, nice cat doodie pic. The Path looks great!
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« Reply #86 on: December 10, 2011, 07:29:25 PM » |
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Lovely colour to my Thanksgiving today and loads of pollen, its 79f here today so may get lucky, I have crossed it with a just opened Saffron.
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« Reply #87 on: December 11, 2011, 12:50:05 PM » |
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I know ti's not officially winter yet but it might as well be. On my 60+ plants only one photographable bloom today and I had to open it by hand. This is the down side of having your plants in the ground. Jazz shows decent colors but the metallic ring around the eye is much less defined in the cooler weather.
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« Reply #88 on: December 11, 2011, 12:51:34 PM » |
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Hot Southern Nights with a different red colour Dragons Heart and Bright Horizon today, I have to cut BH and place them, there in a part of the garden I cant see. Here in Vietnam they are small at 4 inches and I have to force them open but I wouldn't swap them, I think they are lovely.
I love bright Horizon ! Your Dragon's heart is very inspiring, Mine is coming a long nicely it gave me a lot of blooms this year. |
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« Reply #89 on: December 11, 2011, 03:19:16 PM » |
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I love bright Horizon ! Your Dragon's heart is very inspiring, Mine is coming a long nicely it gave me a lot of blooms this year.
I also love it, Charlie is thinking of withdrawing it because the blooms don't open, thing is I have the exact same problem with Transcendent so its probably as much to do with the heat here rather than a fault with the cv, I for sure have never heard of anyone with the same problem on Transcendent so that's what got me thinking. Its most likely a coincidence but these 2 cv's are by far and away the most strongest cv's I have, both main trunks are now over an inch thick and Transcendent grew to 8 feet in 9 months [I pruned it yesterday]. Dragons Heart is a suprise for me, for over a year it was rubbish, but as soon as I put it in a much larger pot it exploded with blooms, in fact I cant remember the last day I did not have a bloom on it and somedays I regularly have half a dozen. |
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