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rose of sharon #33942 October 5th, 2005 at 11:43 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Crescent City Florida T tigger OP Junior Member
OP tigger Junior Member T Joined: Sep 2005 Crescent City Florida	I have this tree that my son gave me it is growing and has an few blooms but the leaves are very small not at all like it was when I got it. Can someone help?

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Re: rose of sharon #33943 October 6th, 2005 at 03:22 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Irving,Tx. JV Critter Keeper
JV Critter Keeper Joined: Aug 2004 Irving,Tx.	Most rose of Sharon (Althea) leaves are small mine has been covered in blooms since spring. I don't know what you were expecting this plant is not a rose it is closer related to Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus)which some of them have small leaves and others have large leaves. Hope this helps you some. Jimmy

Re: rose of sharon #33944 October 7th, 2005 at 12:49 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Hello Tigger, Welcome to The Garden Helper's Forum..... We're very glad you found us... Just so you know I'm going to move your post in to the plants AND flowers SECTION.... I think you'll end up with more responses to your question.... Do you happen to have a picture of your plant?

Re: rose of sharon #33945 October 7th, 2005 at 10:18 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Northern Virginia, U.S.A. Bess of the Piedmont Member
Bess of the Piedmont Member Joined: Mar 2003 Northern Virginia, U.S.A.	Here's some more information: http://www.garden.org/plantguide/?q=show&id=2102 Is it still in a pot? My guess is that if it is, it has now outgrown it's pot and maybe that's why the leaves have gotten smaller. The above link has some advice about how to prepare a planting site for it. If it was root-bound when it was planted in the ground, this might also cause a stunting effect. If this is so, you might try to lift it out of the ground and gently unwind the roots. Then make it a larger hole and settle it back in, watering deeply. That might get it going full strength again next season.

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