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StillPinkie
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: **pink flower tree |
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This tree is about 15ft tall and a branch spread of about 30-40ft. Its short and very wide. It has huge soft pink flowers larger than both hands, the buds are dark pink and about the size of a large mans fist. The leaves remind me of a fig trees but larger aand the trunk is a multi trunk like a crepes. A stunning tree.
Im this bottem pic you can get a idea how big these flowers are by looking at the fence...that large leaf is resting on the corner of the metal fence.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Pinkie, Glendann has a photo of her Confederate Rose posted in one of her albums....
It is a Hibiscus mutabilis
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glendann
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Yes,toni is so right that is a Confederate Rose.I hope you enjoy your as much as I do
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cherylad
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! I may need to get one of these and plant at my Mom's place. There's a bare fence corner just crying for something like this!
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kate
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Its a lovely rose,
Well done Pinkie!!
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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So is it a Confederate Rose or a Hibiscus?
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glendann
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Its both ,It is just called a confederate rose but it is in the Hibiscus family.
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Thanks Glenda for the clarification! I didn't know! 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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well, it is a hibiscus. no idea why it's called a rose. it is an actual tree, of smaller size.
i have ONE. here in cold wintered romania.
i got it from seeds i took from hong kong.
unfortunately i never see it bloom. after being in a pot in the house for the winter, in spring i planted it in the garden, but it took sooo long to start leafing and growing a bit.
and now it's too cold for it to even make the flower buds 
oh well... we'll see next year. maybe a better idea is to just leave it always in a huge pot.
what do you think? any of you have it in a pot???
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