31-10-2007, 07:00 PM
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I never saw a rose with leaves like that before
that rose is a Hibiscus.
Jackie
Charles wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:28:16 -0500, HettieŽ
wrote:
Jim wrote:
http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t...rate-Rose.html
about 3 years ago a friend gave us a dead looking stick and
told us if we planted the stick in the ground and watered it
once a day for two weeks we'd get a Confederate Rose bush.
I decided to play along thinking there would be some great
future laughs concerning how I was tricked into planting a
dead looking stick.
http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t...rate-Rose.html
well, the friend was not playing a joke. now I get to enjoy
taking cuttings from this bush and telling other friends how
if you plant this dead looking stick in the ground you'll get
a Confederate Rose bush.
been kind of neat watching this bush being propagated into
the yards of friends.
That "rose" has palmate leaves which I have never seen on a rose before.
Usually they are compound. The blooms and buds sure look like roses.
Does anyone know its botanical name or another common name for it? I
doubt it would be cold hardy in my zone. I would like to see if there
is anything like it on helpmefind.com.
The only other rose I saw with very unusual leaves was what some thought
might be an alba; instead of the usual five of 7 leaflets on one stem,
it had several more pairs than that.
I have just learned that roses may root from "sticks" if you put them in
the ground when they are dormant. So when you say "stick", I assume
that there are no leaves and that it was dormant when you put it in the
ground. It must root easily; sometimes it helps to use rooting powder,
but I guess them thar Confederate roses root like Forsythia.
Not really a rose, read more he
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/714/
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