Thanks. This was my experiment just to see if I can grow them. Less water huh. I'll pot them individually when the get bigger. But slow down on the water.

Yeah, they were just about to open first buds for the year, but it just kept raining..and raining...and raining..and they died.

Kinda surprising, since i tend to think of the genus as loving water (marsh mallows/hibiscus after all), but apparently this species isn't as marsh loving :)

This variety changes from this white to pink by afternoon and will even get darker later. I also have the pink variety that only gets darker. From seed I found they can take a few more years to bloom. Will bloom in the spring if the weather stays cool enough but mostly only bloom in our cool fall weather until cold weather. Will put on lots of seeds. I thought I had killed my pink one but it pushed up 2 seedlings so now have have 4 of the pink ones and one of the white to pink ones. Lots of seeds.

Wally - My seedlings (hoping they make it) come from a tree in my mom's yard just like your picture. I can get more of those seeds from her yard. But I would love some of the darker ones if you have some to spare. Please email me. Catherinecokley@yahoo.com

They have messed this up so much I no longer know how to post any information for you

I may have to change my soil on these seedlings because I just water them when they need it. However my next set of leaves are browning and falling off. I was watering less. Could it be the lighting?

Do you have drainage holes in the bottom? If not the roots could be rotting.

I do have drainage holes. It must be the soil. I know it's not seed starting soil since I was experimenting. Now I'm trying to keep them alive. Can I change the soil at the point?