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May 31, 2014 7:32 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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My El Capitolio - Tequila Sunrise is the first to bloom! The Bloody Mary is not too far behind as I see color on a bud. Of course it had to bloom on a branch that was pretty much sitting on the ground.

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May 31, 2014 11:01 AM CST
Name: Rose
Oquawka, IL (Zone 5a)
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Beautiful! Mine have a long way to go before I see any blooms.
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May 31, 2014 1:03 PM CST
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Name: Anne
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The colors on this one are amazing! I'm actually running a bit late! In looking back at past years, I usually got my first Tropical Hibiscus flowers around the first week of May.
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Jun 6, 2014 10:09 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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El Capitolio Bloody Mary was sure prolific today! I don't recall ever seeing so many blooms on this bush at once!


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My Pavonia praemorsa gave me a surprise! This is the first flower of the year. It went the color of what is usually the veining! It's suppose to be yellow with the reddish veining. I'm going to hand pollinate this one and tag it .. might have a sport here.

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Jun 6, 2014 10:11 AM CST
Name: Danita
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All pretty! The color on that Pavonia is fun! Big Grin
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Jun 6, 2014 11:30 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Interesting too .. I'm new to this genus so I don't know if this sort of thing is a normal quirk or not.
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Jun 6, 2014 11:43 AM CST
Name: Danita
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I've never grown that species so I've no clue. I googled and saw photos of some with buds that color that opened to yellow. Some still had a blush of the reddish color, though. I wonder if your reddish flower will fade to yellow, too. Shrug!
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Jun 7, 2014 4:50 AM CST
Name: Rose
Oquawka, IL (Zone 5a)
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The red one is very pretty, but the yellow is gorgeous! The tropical pics of your blooms are so bright and pretty. Makes me wish I had more room to over winter them inside.

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Jun 7, 2014 7:02 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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The reddish flower never got anywhere close to yellow .. I've tagged it .. wish more would bloom to see if it was just a fluke.
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Jun 8, 2014 7:02 AM CST
Name: Ron
Naples, Florida (Zone 10a)
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Since you tagged the flower (for seed, if I understand you right), you'll know which branch it is on. If it blooms additional red flowers, you might want to take a cutting and start a red-flowered plant. I'd also be curious how the seed came out.

This happened to me in a bed of Purslane 'Fairytale Cinderella'

All of a sudden there was a pure white flower. I removed that branch, cut the (so far non-blooming) side branches off, and planted all these pieces in another bed. When they bloomed, some were the original yellow/fuchsia color, but some were white. I now have a bed area of all white!

With the Purslane, apparently this has happened before, as there is an all-white cultivar called 'Fairytale Snow White'.

So maybe you'll be able to create your own cultivar, Pavonia 'Xeramtheum Red'!

Good luck with it!
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Jun 8, 2014 7:55 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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That's really awesome .. I love it when plants have spontaneous mutations and create sports! When I went out this morning I noticed the ovaries were larger so it looks like I might get some seeds and keeping my fingers crossed this particular branch will bloom again and I get the same results.

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Jul 9, 2014 2:56 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Did you get more mutant red flowers, Anne?

I scored a little plant of Hib. Schitzopetalus at a Selby Gardens sale last fall, and just 'rediscovered it when it popped a crazy little fringed flower. Now Rolling my eyes. I guess I'll have to pot it up and start taking care of it. Big Grin

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Jul 9, 2014 3:32 PM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Looks great! My Chinese Lantern Hib seems a bit reluctant to bloom this year. The Pavonia keeps throwing out yellow and the red flowers - more yellow though - so I think this is the norm for it.
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Jul 21, 2014 8:35 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Sun Showers and Double Orange finally bloomed!

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Jul 28, 2014 9:22 AM CST
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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Since I started using that Hibiscus specific fertilizer I noticed that I was getting more buds when it was getting close to feeding time, once a month. I stopped using the food and the plants are starting to bloom. I'm thinking I may have been using too much.

Chinese Lantern, El Capitolio Tequila Sunrise, Sunshowers

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