Well, with the best guess I can give you with out a picture is....
The
tree looks like a
tree form usually, one gray dead looking stick, straight up with some amounts of branches... Gray colored and very dead looking.
The one type that dies down to the ground will be like a tan colored of some sorts, and basically one looooooooong stem straight out of the ground,
but the staulk is hollow *much the same like a corn stalk??*
Both come back to life VERY LATE, even an experienced gardener will question it sometimes, it's
spring here, and the temp's will be color for a while and alot of things are starting tiny nubs, but not the
tree form, for many years in the beginning I thought I'd killed it....
Same for the one under ground, it took for ever to finally come out and I had thought, oh, I must not have watered it as much as it liked and I stressed it out and killed it, many thoughts went thru my mind!!!
One thing I did for the
tree in learning whether it was still alive is, cut tiny pieces off the end, and if it has a light tan center and a green hue around that just under the bark, it's fine, just still sleeping!!!!
I guess there is annual types too, but I havent's used them??? Dont' know their habits.
Keep watching them and keep us posted!!
Weezie
On the QVC shopping channel, they had a 4 pack for $29.00 or $32.00 something for them, and one was a multi colored one.. FYI!!!!
The Cottage Farms are on all day today, they have a Today's Special, so you can watch it, and Phillip the guy who sells them will give tid~bits' of info on them too!!!
QVC Link here for it\'s schedule It's on again tonight at 7:00pm~9:00pm....
Renee has hibiscus's too, maybe she'll pop on thru!