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After searching high and low this summer I was finally able to obtain a "red shield" or acetosella hibiscus (African rosemallow, false roselle, maroon mallow, cranberry hibiscus or red leaved hibiscus) this summer. I keep it potted on the screened patio b/c I didn't know what else to do with it at the time, and it's doing great in the pot. It just started blooming this week, dark burgandy flowers. Tonight we might get a freeze so I'll probably move it in or atleast against the house. I am going to try to propagate this winter inside so I can have many to plant along fence in spring. Anyone else grow this plant?? What do you normally do with it in winter? Cut it back and let it regrow? Or does it die off? When do the seeds appear?? I am in zone 8 (NE Florida) and get a few freezes each winter.
I took some seeds from a tree at the Botanical Center. I planted them in pots and they all came up. I put two of them into the ground and they took off, flowered and have made more seeds. I plan to leave them in the ground to see how they winter. I live in 8b, and the man at the Botanical Center said it would winter fine, as long as we did not get any unusually cold, like below 20.
I love it and hope mine will grow into the tree that I took them from. I mean TREE. it was woody with 5 or 6 branches, and about 15 feet tall.
We'll see in the spring.
I have one like that. Don't plant it in shade. It will turn green. Most of mine was green by the end of the summer with only 4 hours of sunlight each day. Propagating them should be easy. I've done several of mine. I have 12 of these in a chamber now.
tamcim72
that is a great looking Hibiscus I think you need to come up to Jax when we have our next pizza get together and bring some cuttings I will trade you some "mama jade " cuttings
St Aug is more of a 9a zone and depending on how close to the ocean you are it could even be 9b
It should be fine in your screen patio I leave my potted Hibiscus on the deck next to our screenroom though I may bring it inside if they say we have a hard freeze coming.
Just make sure it is well watered 24 hours before a freeze
Should you get any freeze damage it will come back.
One year we had a really bad hard freeze and the ones I had planted in the ground took a bad hit but as soon as it warmed up I cut them back (they were almost 6') almost to the ground and they came back beautifully
propagating Hibiscus's is very easy
I was very successful using this method
get a bottle of rooting hormone powder
take cuttings from the newer growth remove all but a couple of the leaves
make a hole in the pot of dirt dip the end in the rooting hormone then stick it in the hole
I use one of those plastic zip bags that comforters come in as a "greenhouse" for my cuttings kept in a area that gets good light (not direct sun though) and I have had roots in about 6 weeks
lol the last time I propagated my Hibiscus I got a little carried away and ended up supplying most of my friends with plants
Trust me it was a hard plant to find (after eyeing one at the SJC Ag Center) and I don't want to lose it! I just emptied my annual pots from the front porch and was thinking to use those for propagating so I can have some to share come spring. I tried two in a sunny window ledge in the house and one still looks healthy after a few weeks, the other might not make it. I don't know if I can start from seed, I'm too lazy to do that. The one I saw at the ag center was 6' across and 4' high and very lush, hoping by next summer mine will be the same.
Trust me it was a hard plant to find (after eyeing one at the SJC Ag Center) and I don't want to lose it! I just emptied my annual pots from the front porch and was thinking to use those for propagating so I can have some to share come spring. I tried two in a sunny window ledge in the house and one still looks healthy after a few weeks, the other might not make it. I don't know if I can start from seed, I'm too lazy to do that. The one I saw at the ag center was 6' across and 4' high and very lush, hoping by next summer mine will be the same.
They don't always come true from seed. Cuttings are your best option. If you've got an unheated garage or basement, put it there. It's lose its leaves, and go dormant, but next spring, it should come back. Water when completely dry. You don't want to rot the roots.
If you do cuttings, be sure to sterilize everything. Use sterile soil, clean your pots, cutters, etc with 1 part bleach, 9 parts water. A fungus can kill a cutting before it has a chance to root.
I ddo not know how to find seeds of Hibiscuss acettosella and Veronia amygdalina, please advise...
Hi to all garden lovers here,
Please advise how could I find seeds of Hibiscuss acettosella and Veronia amygdalina, if possible. I tried all means here.
I live in UK.I have sameemail like the signature below .
Many thanks in advance.
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I will trade you some "mama jade " cuttings 
Hibiscus....
I ddo not know how to find seeds of Hibiscuss acettosella and Veronia amygdalina, please advise...
