Greenie Meanie

[Vasanth]

Hello, does anyone in this forum grows this cultivar? I like this one a lot....

And Mr. Charlie , I think these crosses would be nice.....

Greenie Meanie x Greenie Meanie - Using the method you did to create Moonstruck. May this cross may yield a blue or purple cultivar  , sometimes a more more greener cultivar....

Greenie Meanie x Green Earth - My thought about this cross is that we may get a very nice blue/purple Hibiscus or more a darker green tones cultivar....
And  I have more cross suggestion I will add after sometime...

[Charlie]

It's fun to think up crosses, isn't it? I do so also but have learned after many years that it can be much harder to make it happen than it is to imagine it.

One of the challenges of hybridizing is that most flowers do not set seed well or even not at all. You must find those varieties that will set seed and work with them to get to your results.

Another challenge is to have both flower varieties you want to cross open blooms on the same day. Both a fresh flower and fresh pollen are needed to successfully make seeds. This does not always happen the way one wants it to.

The extreme process that was used to make some of my successful varieties involved damaging and possibly killing the plant that the seed pods developed on. I don't plan to do that again as the more natural way of hybridizing appeals to me more.

Charles

[Vasanth]

Yes. Mr. Charles Black , you are right. I accept what you said. Yes , it is easy to imagine than reality....

[Vasanth]

Mr. Charles Black , is it possible to share the information about the method of hybridization which you have used for making Moonstruck...?

As I am very interested in Horticulture and mostly in Hibiscus and Roses. I would like to know that..., Mr. Charles Black

[Vasanth]

Another one thing Mr. Charles Black , Whether posting of garden variety hibiscus photos is allowed here? If it is ok , I may post any photos of the garden varieties of Hibiscus , Mr Charles Black?