On 30/08/2012 11:46, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message , Nancy
Young writes
Every year this crops up in my flower beds and I let some
of it be. I like the balloon pods/whatever and the flowers
are pretty. It's easy enough to pull out if it starts to take
over.
http://tinypic.com/r/70bach/6
Hibiscus trionum
I'd wondered what it was. Why is it not grown more as a (half-hardy?)
annual in the UK? In fact, I don't remember ever seeing it in a garden
here. Might make a good display in a cottage garden.
--
Jeff