Hardy Hibiscus's Return

My Hardy Hibiscus's are returning early this year due to our warm weather we had in March, I will have to keep an eye on the weather for several more weeks to make sure we don't get a freeze and kill them off.. I divided some this Spring, now all in total I have 15 hardy hibiscus's. I can't wait to see them bloom, I have one side of my driveway lined with them

Hardy Hibiscus

Today I helped a neighbor do some tilling over on his property,he was wanting to get his grass in better shape,so I gave him a little hand..Monday it is supposed to rain here so I'm thinking of rooting a hibiscus cutting.My favorite plants are hibiscus's.I love their big showy blooms,they usually stop people in their tracks when they see them.There is a street near a college in Richmond that for about a 3 mile stretch the whole medium strip is planted in hardy hibiscus's,its absolutely beautiful.If you don't know who the Fleming brothers are,google them,they are my heroes.They did a lot of hibiscus hybridizing and patenting a few years back,many of the hardy hibiscus's you buy today are from their efforts such as Lord Baltimore and Lady Baltimore,Kopper King,FireBall,Old yella,Plum Crazy,Fantasia,and the Robert Fleming,They dedicated more than 50 yrs of their lives to hybridizing perennials and they loved the hardy hibiscus.Monday we will try and clone a fireball hibiscus
                                                      

                                                           My FireBall Hardy Hibiscus