Friday, July 31, 2009

Hibiscus....

These two photos are from the Des Moines Zoo garden. The size of the flowers are at least eight to ten inches across. I guess that is why the common name for them is dinner plate hibiscus. I lost my pink plant like this but I have a new start of one of the plants that was a gift from a neighbor. I doubt it blooms this year but it will get it's root structure established this year.

2 comments:

claude said...

Splendid ! I have both red two hibiscus.
It is a pity that flowers live just on or two days.

The Retired One said...

Gorgeous! Just gorgeous!

Morning Clouds….

 The sun won’t be blocked by these clouds. I had to lean way over the end of the deck to get the sun in the shot. As the earth keeps tilting...