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MOLLYBEE
Villa Rica, GA (Zone 7a)
July 5, 2002 3:57 PM Post #35090
| I planted these from seed this past spring, but the package only said "Hibiscus" Wondering if John can help me ID it? Or anyone for that matter! 
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Badseed
Lynchburg, OH (Zone 6a)
July 5, 2002 7:09 PM Post #296659
| Could it be Hibiscus trionum? |
MOLLYBEE
Villa Rica, GA (Zone 7a)
July 5, 2002 8:18 PM Post #296701
| Thanks Badseed, now that you told me the name, I done a google search and I think it's a toss up between the trionum and the calyphllus...these 2 look so much alike so I still can't tell...what do you think?? |
Calalily
Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)
July 6, 2002 12:54 AM Post #296913
| I have one that looks like that too, it's a perennial here and I was surprised that it came back. |
MOLLYBEE
Villa Rica, GA (Zone 7a)
July 6, 2002 2:38 AM Post #297003
| Ya know Cala, I forgot to look and see if mine is a annual or perennial! Wonder if mine will come back next year? If it does I will have to do some major thining out! |
Badseed
Lynchburg, OH (Zone 6a)
July 6, 2002 2:41 AM Post #297005
| It is not a perennial for me but it does self seed. It is not a nuisance, but leaves a few behind each year. :) |
Wingnut
Spicewood, TX (Zone 8b)
July 6, 2002 5:42 AM Post #297091
| Abelmoschus manihot? Kinda looks like an okra relative to me. |
MOLLYBEE
Villa Rica, GA (Zone 7a)
July 6, 2002 1:39 PM Post #297187
| Ya know Wing, I didn't realize that!! But I think you are right, it does look like okra blooms hee hee I surely hope it ain't though or else my dh will be blunering thru my beds trying to get it LOL |
Wingnut
Spicewood, TX (Zone 8b)
July 6, 2002 3:44 PM Post #297251
| LOLOL! I'm not sure, but I think if it's the ornamental kind it won't produce pods of any decent size for eating, or maybe they won't be palatable to DH? *grin* One can hope! |
MOLLYBEE
Villa Rica, GA (Zone 7a)
July 7, 2002 12:22 AM Post #297363
| Keeping my fingers crossed here, I decided to watch the little seed pod that is now forming under the first spent bloom!! I hope this ain't okrie! I'll just die if it is in my flower bed! LOL |
Calalily
Deep South Coastal, TX (Zone 10a)
July 7, 2002 12:28 AM Post #297369
| It's sort of like okra, but not exactly, lol. DH thought it was okra last year, lol. |
lupinelover
Grove City, OH (Zone 6a)
 July 7, 2002 12:32 AM Post #297372
| Okra is planted up here as an ornamental. Regular okra, as well as some of the ornamental varieties. Also chard, cardoon, and a few other vegetables. |
Pardancanda
"down the Shore", NJ (Zone 7a)
September 9, 2002 1:44 PM Post #351267
| Could be Hibiscus rockii...
Agreed, it is probably H. trionum or H. calyphyllus, and in any case, will self-seed.
Just saw this thread! |
MOLLYBEE
Villa Rica, GA (Zone 7a)
September 9, 2002 2:00 PM Post #351283
| O yes John, this thing has tons of seeds!! I picked most of them and maybe I can put them in a better place next year! To me they looked sooo much like Okra! even the seed pods did but yet not as slimie lol |
