Last year I planted a "Rose Mallow Flare Hibiscus." It also has huge red blooms. They do very well in this area in part sun/shade with LOTS of water. Not sure about the Lord Baltimores, but you might check out the Rose Mallow variety as you will not be disappointed in them and they sound similar to the Lord Baltimores.

Danny Hardesty
"Linda" wrote in message ...

This is a just-because-I-wanted-to-talk-about-it post. In Oregon I had
a Hibiscus "Lord Baltimore" that produced huge, dinner-plate sized dark
red flowers. They were definitely attention-getters. The bush was near
the road and lots of people slowed down or stopped to look. Come winter,
all the leaves dropped and what remained was very large, thick woody
stems. I broke those all off close to the ground. In spring the new
growth came up among the stubs.

Another large-flowered one was Hibiscus moscheutos "Southern Belle",(am
not sure I read my writing correctly on the spelling) produced white
turning to pink blooms, not as large.

Are those grown around here? I have not seen any but haven't been to
any real nurseries yet.
You _real_ gardeners out there will shudder to hear me say I bring
plants home from Lowe's and Wal-Mart ;-)

Linda





------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've seen these in a City of Austin maintained bed on the south side of
Cesar Chavez right before the First Street bridge (heading east). They
are amazing. You might want to call Parks and Rec to see if they can
direct you to their supplier.

Linda wrote:
This is a just-because-I-wanted-to-talk-about-it post. In Oregon I had
a Hibiscus "Lord Baltimore" that produced huge, dinner-plate sized dark
red flowers. They were definitely attention-getters. The bush was near
the road and lots of people slowed down or stopped to look. Come winter,
all the leaves dropped and what remained was very large, thick woody
stems. I broke those all off close to the ground. In spring the new
growth came up among the stubs.

Another large-flowered one was Hibiscus moscheutos "Southern Belle",(am
not sure I read my writing correctly on the spelling) produced white
turning to pink blooms, not as large.

Are those grown around here? I have not seen any but haven't been to
any real nurseries yet.
You _real_ gardeners out there will shudder to hear me say I bring
plants home from Lowe's and Wal-Mart ;-)

Linda




------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cornelius nurseries here in Houston carry some different varieties of
hibiscus with huge, two-colored and multi-colored flowers.