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Hibiscus Unique or Freak?

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This plant has produced both blue/lilac & white flowers on the same plant for 2 summers – Unique or Freak?

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bjs
Bjs
 

A thought
I have a recent puchase of a lilac semi double form that is grafted could this be the case with yours.one being the root stock the other the graft

13 Nov, 2009

 

You could be right Bjs - it was a present but the person giving me did not know it had 2 different colours so she could not have grafted. Perhaps she bought it this way. I didn't see any join when I looked in the summer but perhaps it's now below the compost line although it does appear to be confined to a section of the plant. Still nice though.

13 Nov, 2009

 

What ever it is i think it looks lovely.

13 Nov, 2009

 

How unusual.....I think it's lovely. Definitely a conversation piece.
It could be you have a "sport".???

13 Nov, 2009

 

Lovely plant and flowers and lucky you - 2 for the price of 1 :~)))

13 Nov, 2009

 

I think it is called a "SPORT" when a plant behaves in this manner. Google it, it is very interesting. One of my roses did that several years ago. Lovely hibiscus though.

13 Nov, 2009

 

I have a camellia that "sports" every year. Makes a good conversation piece though :-)

13 Nov, 2009

bjs
Bjs
 

Further
The graft on my Hibiscus is not at ground level as they do roses but about 18in up the stem there are two grafts and the ctr stem removed I guess after the graft takes, so plenty of space for a new shoot below.
there seems to be more and more things grafted I think quicker and cheaper but not always the best as you constantly have to look for suckers and the leaves can be identical so a lot of strength is wasted in the plant before it becomes apparent..

13 Nov, 2009

 

It looks lovely so many flowers, I have now moved to a sunnier spot mine because it hardly flowered in three years

13 Nov, 2009

 

Thanks everyone - I've tried looking up Sporting etc but I'm not very good at the internet so haven't found yet. Will keep looking.

14 Nov, 2009

 

Look under "sport, plants"

14 Nov, 2009

 

Thanks Doon - eventually found something on it. I don't mind if it is a "sport" - makes it more interesting. cheers

15 Nov, 2009

 

I know that some of the gardening mail order companies sell grafted Hibiscus with up to 3 different colours. My mother in law has a half standard one in a pot!

16 Nov, 2009

 

Two for the price of one ! Beautiful :~)

29 Nov, 2009

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