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Jul 28, 2015 4:07 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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A colleague asked for an ID on this. He said:

This is a hybrid hibiscus that looks Texas Star like but is not. Obtained at Color Spot in TX three years ago for LA and MS trials but was not labeled and was mixed in with other plants. Nobody at the nursery in TX or the folks in TX that know hibiscus can tell me what it is. Anybody know, Would be highly and greatly appreciative!


Anyone know? Maybe @Horntoad?

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Jul 28, 2015 4:52 PM CST

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Hybrid Hibiscus moscheutos maybe 'Fireball'
http://www.garten.cz/a/cz/3645...

http://powellgardens.blogspot.... I tip my hat to you.

http://www.whatgrowsthere.com/...
Swamp Mallow 'Fireball' (Hibiscus moscheutos)
https://www.earlmay.com/tips__...

http://www.willowaynurseries.c...
http://www.willowaynurseries.c... I tip my hat to you.

He is also called water hibiscus - Hibiscus moscheutos
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Jul 28, 2015 5:09 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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It almost surely has H. coccineus in it and probably H. moscheutos, maybe even a little H. dasycalyx, but I doubt you are going to get a definitive cultivar name. I tried looking at Color Spot website and they don't even show species or cultivar names.
Definitely not 'Red Flyer', that is a H. coccineus, H. grandiflorus hybrid, with a leaf shape closer to grandiflorus.
wildflowersoftexas.com



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Jul 28, 2015 5:09 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
I appreciate the responses. Smiling I'll pass them along.
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