Carolina Breeze

[Nievesgirl]

The all Orange CV I bought off ebay is called Carolina breeze  I got it yesterday in the mail. To my suprise its a mini !!!

It has similar bush and leaf shape to Blue ballerina.

I will let you guys know hos it does for me.

[Darkhorse]

I had one of those!  I'm originally from SC and bought it because of its name.  Haha...  I got it at Walmart I think.  I was under the impression that it was a species hibiscus, not a hybrid, but I could be wrong.  I really liked it.  The bush was an average grower for me, but I didn't know how to take care of hibs at the time either.  BRIGHT flowers that didn't fade at all.  I left it outside all winter, including the winter a few years ago where the bay got a real cold snap, and it survived.  It was sure pissed off by the end of winter, but it lived.

[Nievesgirl]

Hhaha cool Jordan thanks for the info.

I think its an early hybrid and not a species. I hope it does well I was planing to use it in my program to try to get yellow or orange eyes .

[Charlie]

The Breeze and Wind series of hibiscus are patented varieties developed by Yoder Brothers (whose new name is Aris). These are based on very old hybrids that I think came from European genetics and were never mixed with Hawaiian species. They root at close to 100 percent, and respond to growth regulators in a predictable way. They are mass produced in 6 inch pots and distributed through grocery stores and many other outlets as blooming pots in 6 inch pots. Glossy foliage usually, and lots of small, simple flowers. Sales have been many times greater than for the modern exotic varieties.

Here is how Yoder describes the series:
Breeze Series – More compact, suited for smaller pots and some landscape uses.
Wind Series – More vigorous than Breezes, suited for larger pots and in the landscape.

They are almost always grown using Cycocel or another growth regulator to produce a compact plant with a lot of flowers. If grown well, they come out of the growth regulator effect and grow more naturally the next year. Many people report that they die at the end of the first summer, never overcoming the effects of the growth regulator. One hybridizer told me they did not set seed for him while under the influence of the growth regulator but that was just one man's experience and might not hold up in a different situation.

Charlie

[Nievesgirl]

The Breeze and Wind series of hibiscus are patented varieties developed by Yoder Brothers (whose new name is Aris). These are based on very old hybrids that I think came from European genetics and were never mixed with Hawaiian species. They root at close to 100 percent, and respond to growth regulators in a predictable way. They are mass produced in 6 inch pots and distributed through grocery stores and many other outlets as blooming pots in 6 inch pots. Glossy foliage usually, and lots of small, simple flowers. Sales have been many times greater than for the modern exotic varieties.

Here is how Yoder describes the series:
Breeze Series – More compact, suited for smaller pots and some landscape uses.
Wind Series – More vigorous than Breezes, suited for larger pots and in the landscape.

They are almost always grown using Cycocel or another growth regulator to produce a compact plant with a lot of flowers. If grown well, they come out of the growth regulator effect and grow more naturally the next year. Many people report that they die at the end of the first summer, never overcoming the effects of the growth regulator. One hybridizer told me they did not set seed for him while under the influence of the growth regulator but that was just one man's experience and might not hold up in a different situation.

Charlie

Thanks for the info , I got mine off ebay So I think the person propagated it themselves. So hopefully mine will be ok. The seller did say he has his orginal plant for years.

[Nievesgirl]

Ok I got more info from the ebay seller, he said he propagate it him self and had the main plant for years so this is great news.

Also this cv only has one day bloom  lol   But I think if I crossed it with dragon's heart it will be good. This cv's buds will open without light so I am thinking this cv does not require much light.

[Nievesgirl]

Updates   Well I ‘m liking this cv more and more.
I have at least 10-12 new buds growing ( i only had this plant for 15-16 days)so it will be neat if a lot of them bloom together. It seems to grow pretty fast under my t5’s so I could imagine it probably would be a fast grower under the real sun.

The only con I have on this one is one day blooms but it makes up for it by producing lots of buds.  Hopefully I can get some good seedlings out of it.

[blupit007]

Kerry,  I have a large pot that I have Baja Breeze & Sunny Wind in.  About 3 years old.  It is a hardy plant to say the least.  It stayed outside while the temps dropped into the 40's at night.  I just reported it into a more shallow but wider pot, (mostly because it is a pretty purple pot).  Since it was so huge, it got a little damaged while my mom and I struggled to get it out of its pot. We pulled and tugged at it from the trunks to get it out.  Some of the roots def ripped, but it has been 2 weeks and there is no sign that it even changed pots!  It grows great.  It was a bit leggy last year, when I didn't know anything about hibiscus.  It also lost quite a bit of leaves and looked horrible.   Then in the spring I did a 2/3 pruning on the entire plant.  It responded to that very well branched out beautifully, took a little longer to get buds on it, but once it did it took off.  I get about 20 blooms per plant per day outside in the sun.  I now have it inside and get about 5-10 per plant per day.  No direct light on it, but it is a medium bright room.  I love it.  And it roots almost immediately.

Charlie, I was going to start a forum about crossing one of your cv that I have to one of these, but I might as well just put it here.  I have made some crosses using Saffron X Baja Breeze  along with Baja Breeze X Belle.  I now have 16 seeds from BB X BDJ and 5 seeds from S X BB.  I thought I did some with Sunny Wind, but I guess they are not ready yet.  Right now I have some Saffron, Cindy's Heart, & Simple Pleasures on Sunny Wind, don't know if it will take.  I really like SW.  What are your thoughts on crossing with these GV?  They have great growth habits.  Or are they a different species like the Hardy's are?

Here is a photo of my huge plant for your enjoyment, one in the corner of the room in its new pot, one outside next to CH.  Neither have a ton of blooms on it. (when BB was growing pods, it shut down blooming) and a few more of the variety's to enjoy.  That orange you talk about is quite beautiful.  Too bad they aren't bigger.  My BB is tiny.  Inside they are only about 3" outside about 5".  SW about 5 in and out.

[Doll]

Kristen, you are going to need a greenhouse next year if you start growing all those seedlings.
Sunny Wind is the same species as the exotics. It is just considered a garden variety.

I crossed P's Purple with Howard's Chartreuse and have a seed pod developing. I hope I get some seeds as both of these are non stop bud producers.