Can someone help with the name of these flowers?

[JenBrett]

Hello! Does anyone know the correct names for these flowers? I took them on holiday and need to know what they are called!
Thanks!

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/image/?image_id=64083

[frogesque]

Hi JenBrett. Looks like a gorgeous shrub.

There's only a thumbnail picture in my RHS A - Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, (1998 edn. ISBN 0-7513-0303-8) but on page 522 it looks as if it could be Hibiscus Syriacus 'Red Heart'.

Found this online picture here. The stamens are different looking but you may have captured a more mature flower about ready to drop petals.

[JenBrett]

Thanks Frogesque! I have added that on to the website. How about this one though - no one seems to know what it is. I took it on holiday in Spain - and thought the colours were lovely...but have no idea what it is!!

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/image/?image_id=64687

[frogesque]

Hmm... Hydrangea? Stumped for a variety though, possibly one of the bi-colours.

[Grey]

The other one looks to me more like Lantana. It's often called a Florida and Georgia native (not sure about other southern states) but is actually an invasive exotic species. I often pulled it as a weed!

But it would grow well with Hibscus.

I found one that looks similar with the colors.

http://www.floridata.com/ref/l/lant_c.cfm

Also part of the verbena family, if I remember correctly.
There are solid yellow ones here that seem to be a favorite, my dad and many other folks in FL like the varigated foliage. My dad has actually planted his yard full of these.

[frogesque]

Thanks Grey I agree, from my font of all things green it could be Lantana camara 'Radiation' or 'Tangerine'

I'm going to add that to the list for possible 'butterfly' plants. Would have to grow it as an annual here though as frost can get down to 6 inches in the soil if we have a really hard winter. It's listed as full sun and frost tender so I can see it would do well in Spain.

[JenBrett]

Thanks guys - thats really helpful!!

[grandpasrose]

Right on Grey! The one that looks like a hydrangea is a "Lantana Camara" of the Verbenaceae family. It is a noxious weed, and is poisoinous if ingested.

The other one is a hibiscus, although I have not identified which one yet. It is definitely not Red Heart. Still Looking!
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