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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - May 30 2007 : 12:02:54 PM
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I confess. I love Rose of Sharon bushes. And I seem to be alone in this. Does anybody else grow them? I found this website from Korea about all the varieties they have there:
http://www.koreatimes.net/rosa/intro_e.htm
I am beyond envious. Does anyone know where to buy unusual varieties? I've searched online and had no luck. I have several different kinds - 'Blue Bird'(almost blue), 'Diana'(snow white to the center), 'Bridal Bouquet'(white w/ a pink blush) and another one with a small, oriental peony looking bloom(can't remember the name). I'm sure the US has no trade/import relations with Korea. Darn it! :( According to the previous website, Korea was planning to send lots of plants to Canada. Maybe I could run for the border and plant shop! 
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Posted - May 30 2007 : 12:55:48 PM
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Oh they are beautiful! I would buy some if we owned this property!
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - May 30 2007 : 2:00:51 PM
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I love Rose of Sharon's too. I had one at my old house. It was on the north side sandwiched between the sidewalk & the house. It was around 18' high when I moved 5 years ago! I want to plant them at this house, but we're on a wooded acre lot & I don't really have a spot for them. Maybe some day I'll plant them again.
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
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USA
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - May 30 2007 : 3:53:32 PM
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I have 2 Rose of Sharon bushes. They are a variety of Hibiscus. They are getting quite tall but sure are pretty when in bloom. Most Nurseries out here sell many varieties. I can't remember which ones I have but they are a double bloom and when they bloom I'll have to post a picture. MB
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Edited by - Marybeth on May 30 2007 3:54:42 PM |
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LadyCrystal
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alicia
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - May 30 2007 : 4:05:33 PM
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I just had a friend of ours give us two cuttings from his garden. He said just stick them in the ground. I did and I will let you know what happens.
Alicia
http://fromcitytocountrygirl.blogspot.com/
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 30 2007 : 4:28:45 PM
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If they are that easy to grow- would anyone be willing to share a cutting or two?
Alee |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 31 2007 : 05:27:40 AM
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Marybeth - Yes, please post a picture of yours when they bloom. I don't have any of the lilac ones, but they are on my list, Tina. And Alee, I'm trying to root one from a cutting for the first time. I put Rootone hormone powder on the cut end and I've been watching for a couple of weeks(the cuttings had leaves on the branches because of our early spring, then all the new growth died off and I'm waiting to see if they will send out new growth.) If my experiment works, I'd be happy to send you cuttings. In fact, if all of mine root, I'll have three little starts and I'll send you one. Until this year, I didn't know that the only way to get a plant exactly like the parent was to take a cutting. I thought all the little ones that came up around the parent were the same. Surprise to me!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 31 2007 : 6:26:04 PM
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Thanks Janice that would be great! Would you like a cutting of my palm tree in exchange?
Alee |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2007 : 05:35:49 AM
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Hi, Alee. So far, it looks like at least one of my cuttings has rooted. I'm still watching the other two. But since the cutting thing seems to work, I can send cuttings of several bushes in the mail. How do you think they should be packaged? In what? I'll post tomorrow about which varieties I have(color, etc.).
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
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Posted - Jun 03 2007 : 12:21:50 PM
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Hi Janice-
I think the way you ship plants is to get some peat moss wet and pack it around the roots, then put the mossy part into a baggy and saran wrap around the baggy. Some of the plant has to be out of the plastic so it can breath- then just a padded manilla envelope? I am just guessing, but I think that will work. If you want some palm tree cuttings, let me know :)
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2007 : 11:20:18 PM
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Hi janice,
Can you get seeds for the Rose of Sharon, I have only seen one here. Haven't had an opportunity to look around. Let me know. Thanks. Carol Sue
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 4:59:36 PM
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Be warned, Roses of Sharon can be invasive! They make seed pods that fall off and grow little sprouts in the hundreds. My husband actually goes out and picks all the seed pods off the branches after they are done flowering every year. He just cut our bushes (we have about 20, all around the garage) back severely. I don't know if they'll flower or not this year, but I know they'll be bushier than ever next year! He planted ours from the ones at my brother-in-law's house that were coming up like weeds.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 5:45:30 PM
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Thanks for the warning, Brenda. I just have a few areas in my front yard that would look great with a flowering bush and nothing in the back yard. I would love to see a beautiful bush out there instead of the icky weed sedge grass that is there now.
Thanks!
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mkmomus
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Merle
Greensboro
NC
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Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 5:54:08 PM
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I love Rose of Sharon. I had them up north for quite a few years and I never remember the seed pods? I wonder if only certain varieties do that? I would love to see photos too.
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hollyhock81
True Blue Farmgirl
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FARAH
IN
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 6:10:46 PM
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| How do you make a cutting from a rose of sharon bush?Just snip off a thin branch and stick it in water?Sorry if I come off like a moron,I'm a new gardener so I guess I am a moron. |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 7:40:21 PM
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I haven't seen pods on Rose of Sharon either. It could be a common name for another plant. I have 2 bushes that have been there for years and no babies ever. ???? MB
Farah, I think that is how you do it. Not a thin branch though. I know you can also with Forsythia and even Lilac. I've done it and it works.MB
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hollyhock81
True Blue Farmgirl
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FARAH
IN
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2007 : 8:30:56 PM
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Ohmy goodness,you can do that with lilacs! Thanks for that tidbit!!!!
Maybe you might know,I saw on Victory garden that you can take a cutting from a rose bush and it will take??? Any help on that would be great.So sorry for getting off topic everyone. |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 05:09:26 AM
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Farah - yes, you can take a cutting from a rosebush. An old friend(he'll be 96 this year) told me that if you take a cutting in May, it will have roses the first year. I tried that and it worked! But before that, I would take cuttings in the early fall, put rootone hormone powder on the bottoms, then poke holes in the ground with something the size of a pencil and put either sand or looser dirt in there and insert the cutting. Then, I put a wide mouth glass jar over the cutting and sort of "screw" it in the ground just a little so it won't fall over. Then just forget about it until spring. The jar acts as a greenhouse. Also, take all the leaves off the cuttings(they're going to die anyway) before you try to root them.
I have heard some people say that Rose of Sharon is invasive. But I haven't had that problem. The random "extras" that come up(usually in a daylily bed near the bush), are so few that I either repot them for later use or just toss them in the weed pile. I've been using them to line a very long fence line.
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Edited by - Miss Bee Haven on Jun 05 2007 05:13:55 AM |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 12:26:43 PM
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I'm going to preface this by saying I don't hate Rose of Sharon-- I think they're lovely, but I do wish they wouldn't make so many babies in my yard!!! We have a variety of colors, without even trying to have them. A violet, a lilac/blue kindof one, rose colored, and white with magenta center. I try to keep the prettier (more well placed ones) around. The volunteers, I dig out a soon as I notice them. They are absolutely not discerning as to where they take root--I'm amazed by their tenacity, really.
The type that my neighbor started many years ago has the seed pods. She's older (78 or so?) and calls them "doubles" instead of "singles". Now, that means absolutely nothing to me, so if it means something to someone else, these would be the ones I'd tried to avoid, unless I was populating the planet :)
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 12:58:59 PM
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I'm laughing, Jonni! :D You sound like my pal Carolyn!!! I have 23 acres that they could populate, but evidently, they don't like my farm as much as your yard! Or Carolyn's yard! LOL!! And even when I had a few in my city back yard(in the days before dogs...), they didn't increase.
Hi Tina! I'm getting ready to email you now with a list of daylilies I have that might match your color choices. I'm not online at home, so I don't see anything until I get to work. I think that's going to have to change. ;)
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 1:17:10 PM
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Maybe Carolyn and I should join fronts and start a seed bank!!! I am thinking, though, that if I saved some of the seed pods for you, you'd have them in no time...seriously, they come up over night. I've never seen anything quite like it...like bionic flowers.
I always thought, if you could "control" it, they would make a lovely hedge lining a drive, or something like that. I'd be glad to collect some and send them to you to give it a shot. Like I said, there's no "planting" or hard work involved, they literally self seed.
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." Margaret Atwood
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 2:23:49 PM
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Sure, Jonni. I'll try seeds. I'll try anything once! LOL! I don't have any lilac. Rose sounds nice, too. You make them sound like bamboo(the fastest growing plant on earth) - it's too funny! :D I've been painstakingly digging up any little starts that care to grow in my daylily beds and putting them in little pots until they are big enough not to get mowed and then lining a fence row with them. And yes, they do grow pretty fast.
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
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Posted - Jun 05 2007 : 4:25:11 PM
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Well I was reading up in my Great Big Garden Book and this is what it says. Rose of Sharon (Hibicus syriacus) has single and double flowers and goes on to say and I quote; " Single flowers are slightly more effective, opening somewhat wider, but they tend to produce many unattractive capsule type fruits--which in turn produce many unwanted seedlings." So I have doubles and maybe that is why I don't have pods---but that's not what Jonni's neighbor says. A conundrum!! MaryBeth
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Edited by - Marybeth on Jun 05 2007 4:26:10 PM |
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