Now these are some *cool* flowers! Don’t you think? This is one of the Hibiscus moscheutos plants I have in large pots on my backyard deck. This one was much later to flower than the other this year, but it’s great to see multiple flowers opening up at once. My hunch is that they would flower sooner in the summer, but they get half-day shade on my covered deck, which may have slowed down the flower development.

The guy who sent these seeds to me (from a trade on GardenWeb.com) said their parent was ‘Blue River II,’ but it turns out that the seed had some cross fertilization from other Hibiscus plants.  ‘Blue River II’ has pure white flowers. But I like these! I think they’re very cool flowers. Nice and tropical-looking.