Beautiful plant! Mine are in bud stage now. Probably due to the draught, they are barely half the height and canes are skinny.

BTW, passed you as you turned onto J/Alex Hyw yesterday ;-)

Mine are still in buds. I can't believe I haven't had a single bloom. Last year at this time it was covered in pink and white.

My main plants are over 16 feet tall and full of flowers. The newer ones that terramadre gave me last year are about 5' and just beautiful. I really enjoy visiting them each day to see what's new.

Hi: The confederate roses are blooming in the Birmingham area now--I thought they were a little late this year. My husband swears they are kin to the cotton plant--does anyone else have any thoughts on this idea.

I took a few digital snapshots the other day and friends thought I had photographed some early camellias!

Another common name of the Confederate Rose, Hibiscus mutabilis is cotton rose.

There are also Hibiscus paramutabilis.
I grow the single hot pink ones. The single white seedlings (from seed) haven't flowered yet.

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