January 1st 2012.

[davidwood]

I am about 12hours ahead of you here in Vietnam so its 2012 already.
A very nice Rainbow Sherbert to start the year, huge bright colourful blooms and my favourite cv.

                           *** Happy New Year ***

[Charlie]

Fantastic, David!  And thanks for starting the 2012 Hibiscus Photos of the Day. Note that I changed the Board name this year from Hibiscus Flower Photos of the Day to Hibiscus Photos of the Day. This due to the many great bush photos that we all are finding instructive as well as the great flower pics.

Charlie

[Denise]

Those Rainbow Sherbert blooms are just perfect. The whole plant is! Happy New Year!

[Maureenpm00]

HI David - Happy New Year to you!  That pic is gorgeous.  What pretty blooms.

[davidwood]

Late arrivals today, Perpermint Drop Bright Horizon and Hot Pepper.

[Nievesgirl]

Nice pics David I am loving your pics    happy new year to everyone

[roadrunner]

Beautiful blooms David. My Peppermint Drop is solid red now but still beautiful. Looking forward to seeing its warm weather colors.

Here are a couple of pics of Flickering Flame aka "Late December mystery" and one of Ruby Tuesday.

dave

[farmer d]

Happy New Year to everyone!!!  Good times here in Hollywood with a serial arsonist and temps today of about 80F (26C).

Dave it never even crossed my mind that that was Flickering Flame!  I am so used to how mine look...it is amazing and exciting how each CV can vary so much with the unique environmental conditions it grows in.  Yours is absolutely beautiful.

David Wood your most recent Pocahontas has finally convinced me to get my first brown CV (when available again).  How would you describe the bush and vigor of it?

Today I now have 11 blooms at once on Acapulco Gold and a killer bloom from Valentines Day.


Black Dream - the dark side of the hibiscus force...


Farmer D

[farmer d]

come on - Tahitian Lavender Rainbow now looks like something so different I don't know what to think anymore...

Farmer D

[helixturnhelix]

Nice Blooms Darren! 

I am glad you are trying out some brown CVs   Pocahontas has an amazingly nice compact and well branched bush.   Charlie describes its growth habit more here:

http://www.hiddenvalleyhibiscus.com/forum/index.php/topic,392.0.html

[davidwood]

Nice pics David I am loving your pic's   happy new year to everyone

Thanks Kerry, I am having a bit of a Golden period at the moment and will have a heap more later today, I need to clean the garden first, still rainy season here and makes a right mess, also I have my daily battle with Mealy bugs beetles and caterpillars which I have to tackle each day.
I just wish more people would join the Forum and post pictures, there must be loads get bought and we never see again, its a shame as its great fun and so enjoyable.

[davidwood]

David Wood your most recent Pocahontas has finally convinced me to get my first brown CV (when available again).  How would you describe the bush and vigor of it?
Farmer D
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Darren its a wonderfull bush, very compact, a bit on the smaller side than most of my others but in your garden will probably be much bigger.

[Mike]

Hi everybody If you like browns I sure do like this one , It's the second day for this flower . It's Brassy Blonde

[davidwood]

A few nice blooms today, Magnifique and Thanksgiving looking very nice.

[Nievesgirl]

David Wood your most recent Pocahontas has finally convinced me to get my first brown CV (when available again).  How would you describe the bush and vigor of it?
Farmer D

Darren its a wonderfull bush, very compact, a bit on the smaller side than most of my others but in your garden will probably be much bigger.

Darren I have it as well , I agree with David. I may actually put mine in the ground so I will see how that goes. Mine is smaller than davids ATM. some of the hibiscus I bought from a local collector where a bit neglected so I am turning them around slowly. I will take pics of the plant Tuesday.