Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

It’s been a slow grower, but despite not being very big made it through the winter just fine and has started to bloom with fair regularity.

Tis the season to replace all the stuff that died over the winter. My favorite Hibiscus guy is gone, alas, but I bought several from his recommended source.
They were decently large, and budded up. They’re at least twice as big as most mail order exotics. In short, they were really good… except that…you know…they’re not [...]

Nice and big, beautiful bush. It’s been 2 days now, and it’s still open with very little color degradation. Definitely a keeper!

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Another new-ish one, this is the first bloom since it arrived. Nice growth, fairly big flower.

This is the time of year the hibiscus love- the big heat’s over, and it’s only moderately cool. Now if we could just get some rain, we’d be all set.
Nevertheless, there are buds and blooms everywhere. Here’s one that’s been pretty quiet since I got it- one of the last shipment from David Franzman. (sob)
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Even this one is budded up and ready to go, which is rare. I can never decide if I really like this one or not. Unusual, for sure. Beautiful? hmmmm….

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Now that the weather’s cooled down, the hibs are starting to pop again.

I took a detailed inventory of the hibiscus today, because I’m going to start A Project.
Every so often I have to have A Project, one that I’ll make unduely complicated, in order to play with databases, etc. I’m still a geek-girl at heart, and don’t get to do these things nearly as often as I’d [...]

It’s hard to tell with nothing in the background for comparison, but this one is a solid 10 inches across. Very delicate ruffled pinks and yellows. She was hit pretty hard by the caterpillars this year, but is making a comeback.

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Another Dupont; blooms in bunches. There’ll be nothing for weeks, then several will pop at once.