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Beautiful flower : any ideas?




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Beautiful flower : any ideas?

Wed May 23, 2012 5:54 pm

Hi guys

We were in Cyprus recently and these were in the garden at the villa where we were staying. Would love to grow them in our garden but no idea what it is.

Cheers

Allan

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Wed May 23, 2012 7:20 pm

That's a tropical hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis) which would promptly shuffle loose this mortal coil the first Edinburgh winter it sees. They do make lovely houseplants, though.

If you want hardiness with a similar flower, look at Lavatera.
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Thu May 24, 2012 12:56 am

Saw many of these in the wild in Hawaii. Each island seemed to have a different color. Just beautiful!
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Thu May 24, 2012 8:20 pm

Cheers for this. I'm having a look for them now. Apparently they can survive over here, so I'm willing to give them a go - would look great round my new gazebo - but if not, into the house they'll be coming! Just need to find somewhere to buy them now ...
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Fri May 25, 2012 1:41 am

Rose of Sharon is a hardy variety of Hibiscus and there are many, many other perennial mallows with similar flowers (most not as large).
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