Manihot Hibiscus - October 24th, 2006 at 02:03 AM
Yesterday morning my Yellow Manihot hibiscus blossomed! I have it in a pot for now, because I wasn't sure where I wanted it next year. (Started it from seed that Jimmy sent this spring.) I brought it into the house on Saturday when I thought it was going to get cold at night, because I don't know what temperature range it likes.
Before church it looked like this...
...then later in the afternoon it was like this!
What the heck happened? The whole plant was all saggy & tired looking, as though making a flower had worn it out or something! I've never had a hibiscus before... don't the blossoms last for more than a day? (or a HALF day?) There are 7 more buds on it, so I'm going to get more flowers, but it sure doesn't seem like it's very happy when it blooms!
Before church it looked like this...
...then later in the afternoon it was like this!
What the heck happened? The whole plant was all saggy & tired looking, as though making a flower had worn it out or something! I've never had a hibiscus before... don't the blossoms last for more than a day? (or a HALF day?) There are 7 more buds on it, so I'm going to get more flowers, but it sure doesn't seem like it's very happy when it blooms!