On 3/27/10 12:48 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, mleblanca wrote:

On Mar 25, 1:46 pm, Don Wiss wrote:
I still have a batch of pictures from a years ago Wildman Steve Brill
foraging walk that I have not yet put on the web. This means this batch is
not yet merged into myhttp://foragingpictures.com/album. Before I can
process them there are four pictures I need to identify. They are shown at:

http://donwiss.com/PP-20060701.htm

What are they?

It might help to know where you saw these plants: country, state etc.

Yea, I should have made that clearer. Wildman Steve Brill only gives tours
in the NYC area. These are from Prospect Park. And the date is in the URL,
which means these were taken on July 1st.

The last picture wasn't on his tour. So it would be whatever Hibiscus grows
around here.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

No variety of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (a tropical) will survive a New
York winter. Even with light night-time frosts where I live, they are
marginal. However, some varieties grow and flower quickly and can be
used as annuals.

Hibiscus syriacus (rose of Sharon) is hardy to -10F when mature, but I
can't find a yellow variety. Hibiscus mutabilis (confederate rose) is
hardy to 28F, but it too does not seem to have a yellow variety.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary