Help with identifying these 2 please

[live free and garden]

Hi all,

The novice new englander is back.

Any help is much appreciated recognizing these 2.

There are 2 of these trees in my yard that blossomed these purple flowers a couple weeks ago -





This one might be a bit harder (mostly because I couldn't get a great shot). We have these raspberry bushes in the backyard and these plants were growing all over them and overtaking them. I thought it was a weed but then noticed these berries seemed to be growing from them. Any ideas?







Thanks all!

[DoubleDogFarm]

1. Hibiscus moscheutos

2 Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)

Eric

[imafan26]

I thought the hibiscus might be a rose of sharon, but it could be moscheutos

[rainbowgardener]

I agree rose of sharon, hibiscus syriacus. The moscheutos is also hardy to zone 4

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/different- ... 50676.html

but known as dinner plate hibiscus, it has huge flowers:



http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5xJ_jlTUVG4/S ... biscus.jpg

[DoubleDogFarm]

Either way I will take half credit for hibiscus


Eric

[Bobberman]

I have about 200 rose of sharons growing in my yard They are easy to trans plant and will live in a bucked of dirt for years even through a winter.

[imafan26]

I always think of Rose of Sharon when I see blue flowers. It is the only hibiscus group that commonly has flowers in that color range and has has a compact upright habit.

[rainbowgardener]

Watch out for rose of Sharon - it will send up shoots all over the place.

I have a two tone RoS. My neighbor has a pink RoS she planted on her side of our shared driveway. I have a white RoS I planted on my side of the driveway. But her pink one sent up a shoot right in the middle of my plant and now I have an RoS that blooms in pink and white. I thought it was very cool, so I left it and each year there is more pink mixed in with my white RoS blooms.