Rose of Sharon
Last year a neighbor gave me a little stick of a plant she called a "Rose of Sharon". I stuck it in the ground and it's still a stick of a plant with quite a few leaves and maybe five feet tall. All summer it has put out blooms. Sometimes two but usually just one bloom at a time, but each bloom is a startling pink shade. I hope it survives and grows into a bush like her plant has.
posted by Fish-2 at 7:53 PM
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When we moved into our current house the previous owners planted a Rose of Sharon right outside the back door - in the worst spot possible. It was too shaded and sickly looking.
It was the first thing we moved - to a nicer location. Now 3 years later it is looking nice and bushy. Give yours another year or so!
Good luck with it, Fish. I have a bush that puts out flowers that look very much like that and it is huge. I don't know whether it's the same thing or not. It was on this property when we bought it. I hope that yours will be okay.
Rose of Sharon flowers attracts hummingbirds.
When my mom was alive she had a huge back yard with several flower gardens and she had Rose of Sharon flowers and there always seem to be hummingbirds around. I think the Rose of Sharon is a very hardy flower and will grow bigger each year.
When I was a little girl I remember we had Hollyhock flowers and to me Hollyhocks look like Rose of Sharon, but I think Hollyhocks only grew singly and not in bushes.
Pretty, Fish!
Karmyn, I'm encouraging it because it's managed to survive in spite of my brown thumb (oposite of green thumb).
Gayle, a friend told me it's a member of the hibiscus family "Hibiscus Syriacus", but what do I know.
Joker, I have seen hummingbirds visiting the few blooms this plant has put out, but then I have feeders for them here too.
Thanks Walker, I painted it myself. Okay, so the plant has done it all in spite of me.
It is Hibiscus Syriacus, the only hibiscus that does not need a tropical climate to thrive. I just planted one last month.
Plant 'em in a row about 4' apart and you'll have an excellent privacy screen in a few years. And like joker said, the hummingbirds love 'em!
Many grow in our valley.. unfortunately none in our yard. I think next year I'll plant one.
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