Last night on our walk, we were nearly home and saw one of our older neighbors out in her yard. Her name is Miss Jean and she flagged us down, and wanted us to come look in her backyard, as she had been working in her yard all day and wanted to show off all her hard work. 🙂 She pointed out several plants she had planted yesterday afternoon, some perennials that had come back, some really great birdfeeders she had, things like that. Then, she showed me a “stick in the ground” that she had planted, and said it was a “Confederate Rose”. She said it was part of the hibiscus family, and wouldn’t I like a cutting? 🙂 Well, I’m not one to turn down anything free, let alone plants to put in my yard and try to get to grow, so I kindly accepted. I thanked her, and I was promptly told that for pass-along plants, you never say “Thank You”. You say “I appreciate it”, but never thank you! Apparently, it’s sort of a “break a leg” kind of line of thinking! 😆
So, I promptly came home and got out this book, and looked for it. I finally found a vague reference to it on the Hibiscus page. I found more information here. ( I have been meaning to send this website to Shanna, since it originates in Texas!) Here’s a picture of what my new pass-along plant looks like:
And it’s roots:
Interesting!
Ooh, great picture on that website! Where are you putting it and I want one!
That’d look great on Tim’s desk at work. Right next to the Krispy Kreme donuts.
Gail – I hope it grows as big as it says, we’re going to try to plant it on the south side of the house, outside our bedroom window. If we can get it to take and figure out how to do a cutting, we can give you one in a year or so.
Kurt – you’re such a funny guy! This thing is supposed to get huge (4 or 5 feet), so eventually it might outgrow Tim’s desk. And he does NOT eat Krispy Kreme donuts silly. Of course he doesn’t. Never. Ever. 😀
These are great plants( bushes)! Someone gave us a cutting and it comes back each year. Right now mine is about 3 ft tall. Last year it got to be about 5-6 ft. It needs full sun and the flowers only last a day, but there are lots throughout the season. Someone told me you can’t get them in a nursery.
[…] Before we left, I went out in the yard and tried to photograph my Confederate rose that blooms this time of year. I have blogged about it before at my regular blog, and posted photos (here, and here, and several other entries!). It always amazes me that this thing blooms such a light pink so late in the year. And it also amazes me that we have this thing growing from a stick that we rooted, and now it is several feet higher than the eave of our house. […]
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