Gorgeous Hibiscus, Rouge21. Thanks for sharing pictures.

looks like a moscheutos... great solid white color. if you do happen to pollinate for seeds - I wouldn't mind a few. I could send some pink swirl seeds back ( no gte on colors of those yet - still waiting for the seedlings to bloom)

That sure is a beautiful specimen! Thank you for sharing.

Your BRII is beautiful, rouge. Mine, grown from traded seed, is much smaller. Perhaps it just needs more maturity. This year I am noticing a bit of pink on the bud though the open bloom is fully white. Does yours as well or is mine an oddity due to unknown pollination of the traded seed?

I have a deep red, Midnight Marvel, which gets very large and also get many compliments, requests for name and where to buy. It is also close to the street so walkers get a good view. One man came to the door to get the info so he could get one for his wife. I am especially happy to help someone do something nice for his/her partner as I am fortunate to have such a DH.

It's a beauty, may I ask how old it is?

"AW", this is it's 3rd full season on our property. It didn't miss a beat even after it was moved in the early spring of it's second year.

Thanks to TR's generosity, I will be hoping to germinate some of these in the spring. Yours looks nice.

dbarron, what is involved in germinating the seeds from a hardy hibiscus?

Can't say I've done it...but my guess is either scarification or stratification to break the seedcoat. After I wrote that, I checked, PrairieMoon says species needs 60 days cold stratification.

I'll just sow them in my winter sowing container (handy dandy milk jugs) and look for sprouts in spring.

dbarron, I am thinking that hardy hibiscus need reasonable moisture all summer. Is this an issue where you are in Arkansas?

Considering that there are quite abundant stands of hibiscus moscheotos in habitat as far as eastern Oklahoma, no.

Actually also for the last four years, I've considered renaming the state to New Oregon (due to overly abundant rains...I KNOW our avg rainfall of 40 inches per year has to have gone to near 60 (no I don't know that...but seems like it)).

Ok. (Never quite sure re the amount of regular rainfall for some of the southern states).

Generally abundant in the SE. Of course after Arkansas (in my head at least), you start on the transition to the SW.

Actually due to my siting (flat land), I can't grow much but wet loving plants anyway. Yes, I have naturalized ferns, lobelia, monkey flower and such. I have to plant things that won't tolerate as much wetness under the rain shadow of my root on southern exposure, and they're not that happy. I haven't watered significantly (aka a few times on newly planted stuff only) all year. It's just now turning a bit drier, but do I really want to water for whatever is left of the growing season? Interestingly enough, fall appears to be a whole month early...based on flowering of colchicum and early turning foliage (red maple and black gum). It's been a wet cool year, my hot peppers only started flowering about two weeks ago (which probably means no peppers).

this year I am noticing a bit of pink on the bud though the open bloom is fully white. Does yours as well or is mine an oddity

Wow mnwsgal.....my partner noticed this phenomenon just this past week. Good observation.

Fascinating. More pics please.