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"Cereus-validus......." wrote:

For a Ph.D., Ed.D., you ask a lot of stoopid questions, Tedious Buyer.

Why are Koalas called bears when they are not bears?

Because they're naked, & they live exclusively off of kola nuts.

Why are "water lilies", "day lilies", "calla lilies", etc. so called when
they are not true lilies?

Since the name lily is derived from a Greek name of Narcissus, even true
lilies aren't lilies.

Why is the "Rose of Sharon" named Hibiscus syriacus, when the plant is
actually native to China not Syria?

Because missionaries in China converted it to Christianity.

Why don't you do a Google search instead of being a pest?


"Ted" wrote in message
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Hi Pam,

Thank you very much. This is useful

I bought a couple winter hardy Hibiscus recently and was told, in this
forum actually, that they'd likely start new growth in May. This is in
southern Ontario, just north of Toronto. Can I expect similar timing
from the Rose of Sharon? Does it grow rapidly once it decides to
start?

Depends on what you call rapid growth. Compared to say bush mallow, rose
of sharon grows rather slowly. But an well rooted long established shrub
will grow back rather quickly from a hard pruning.

For both Hibiscus species and Dipladenia species, is there any benefit
to lightly trimming the stems, to encourage branching by suppressing
apical dominance, perhaps in early summer and mid-summer? Or would
that do more harm than good?

Prune late winter or early spring.

Out of curiousity, do you have any idea why it was called a rose when
it is a hibiscus and looks nothing like a rose?

It's flowers look quite a bit like wild roses, but Rose of Sharon is a
biblical reference not associated with roses per se, & not exclusively
associated with hardy hibiscus.

Thanks,

Ted

R.E. (Ted) Byers, Ph.D., Ed.D.
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