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!

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