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I plan on planting several large Hibiscus plants this fall.
My friend tells me I cannot use regular soil for growing them because they need a special soil mixture. I've never heard of such a thing. Does anyone on this newsgroup grow Hibiscus, and if so, do you use regular garden soil or a special mixture? Thanks |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
"Kentucky Cardinal" Kentucky wrote in message ... I plan on planting several large Hibiscus plants this fall. My friend tells me I cannot use regular soil for growing them because they need a special soil mixture. I've never heard of such a thing. Does anyone on this newsgroup grow Hibiscus, and if so, do you use regular garden soil or a special mixture? Cold climate, deciduous hibiscus or the one that likes warm climates? I cant' tell you anything aobut warm climate ones, but the cold climate deciduous ones grow quite happily in unamended, normal garden soil. I have two "Hardy Hibiscus" that grows very well in Michigan. They produce large white plate size flowers in the late summer. In November I cut them down to the ground. Early spring I see them starting to come out of the ground. They grow about four feet high shrub like plants with cool looking flowers. Hardy Hibiscus is a little different from other forms of Hibiscus plants. If it does not have the word Hardy it will probably not survive a cold snowy winter.The non hardy hibiscus in warm climates may not need cutting down. What also grows well in Michigan is a plant called "Rose of Sharon" these are large shrubs, about six to eight feet in height. Many will call the "Rose of Sharon" a Hibiscus plant also. These plants need little care and does NOT get cut down to the ground. "Rose of Sharon" just needs trimming once in a while. Best to use your own soil. If the plant does not survive, find another plant. Reason is how large of an area do want to dig out. If the roots eventually hit your natural soil the plant may not perform well. That's the risk of planting many plants that will look great for few years then they shrivel up and die. -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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On 7/1/2011 10:20 AM, Nad R wrote:
"FarmI"ask@itshall be given wrote: "Kentucky Cardinal"Kentucky wrote in message ... I plan on planting several large Hibiscus plants this fall. eciduous ones grow quite happily in unamended, normal garden soil. I have two "Hardy Hibiscus" that grows very well in Michigan. They produce large white plate size flowers in the late summer. In November I cut them down to the ground. Early spring I see them starting to come out of the ground. They grow about four feet high shrub like plants with cool looking flowers. I haven't seen that, but I want it. I had a swamp hibiscus (Scarlet Rose Mallow) that went through a few winters in Atlanta and I think lack of light finished it off. Hardy Hibiscus is a little different from other forms of Hibiscus plants. If it does not have the word Hardy it will probably not survive a cold snowy winter.The non hardy hibiscus in warm climates may not need cutting down. What also grows well in Michigan is a plant called "Rose of Sharon" these are large shrubs, about six to eight feet in height. Many will call the "Rose of Sharon" a Hibiscus plant also. Knock me over! But, of course! These plants need little care and does NOT get cut down to the ground. "Rose of Sharon" just needs trimming once in a while. Grows like crazy here, it seems like any kind of bad soil and any kind of light. I just pull it out of the places I don't want it. I usually whack it into shape, I've got hedges of it, but I have one that I've just let grow. It's about 9' tall and the branches just sprawl out. Has about a half dozen blooms and looks like it should be on a Japanese etching. j |
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Derald wrote:
Nad R wrote: What also grows well in Michigan is a plant called "Rose of Sharon" these are large shrubs, about six to eight feet in height. Many will call the "Rose of Sharon" a Hibiscus plant also. These plants need little care and does NOT get cut down to the ground. "Rose of Sharon" just needs trimming once in a while. Your "hardy hibiscus" may be a "rose mallow" (Hibiscus moscheutos). Maybe it's pictured he http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/982/. Many call "Rose of Sharon" a hibiscus because it is, Hibiscus syriacus. Here's a good representative photo of blossom and leaves. Rose of Sharon is widely distributed in the US Southeast where it is often colloquially (and confusingly) called "Althea" by old-timers. I believe mine was called "Kopper King" with a large white flower with a red center. Not positive I tend to toss those labels and my memory fades as I get older. The "Rose Mallow" has a reddish flower. The "Rose of Sharon" large shrub does have flowers that look just like the hardy hibiscus with much smaller flowers. Big shrub small flowers. Small plant big flowers. I guess it is the flower that gives both the title of hibiscus even tho the main stems look radically different. -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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"Nad R" wrote in message
... "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "Kentucky Cardinal" Kentucky wrote in message ... I plan on planting several large Hibiscus plants this fall. My friend tells me I cannot use regular soil for growing them because they need a special soil mixture. I've never heard of such a thing. Does anyone on this newsgroup grow Hibiscus, and if so, do you use regular garden soil or a special mixture? Cold climate, deciduous hibiscus or the one that likes warm climates? I cant' tell you anything aobut warm climate ones, but the cold climate deciduous ones grow quite happily in unamended, normal garden soil. (snip) What also grows well in Michigan is a plant called "Rose of Sharon" these are large shrubs, about six to eight feet in height. Many will call the "Rose of Sharon" a Hibiscus plant also. It is indeed a hibiscus. That is the cold climate one and why I was asking the OP what sort of hibiscus they were talking about. |
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
"Nad R" wrote in message ... "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "Kentucky Cardinal" Kentucky wrote in message ... I plan on planting several large Hibiscus plants this fall. My friend tells me I cannot use regular soil for growing them because they need a special soil mixture. I've never heard of such a thing. Does anyone on this newsgroup grow Hibiscus, and if so, do you use regular garden soil or a special mixture? Cold climate, deciduous hibiscus or the one that likes warm climates? I cant' tell you anything aobut warm climate ones, but the cold climate deciduous ones grow quite happily in unamended, normal garden soil. (snip) What also grows well in Michigan is a plant called "Rose of Sharon" these are large shrubs, about six to eight feet in height. Many will call the "Rose of Sharon" a Hibiscus plant also. It is indeed a hibiscus. That is the cold climate one and why I was asking the OP what sort of hibiscus they were talking about. But the "Hardy Hibiscus" is a cold climate plant also. Not "the" only cold climate hibiscus plant and different from the larger shrub "Rose of Sharon" and both are deciduous and each of the plants care is different. -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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