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Plum Crazy
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Oh that's pretty - I love purple!
Gorgeous color, can I ask where you got it?
Cool. Mine has buds so it's just a waiting game here. Fireball is also budded. Can't wait. Nice pictures, Don.
Pretty! Plum Crazy is on my want list.
ditto. I will watch for this hardy.
- Nancy
I got mine at a local nursery,it looks as they had grown them from cuttings,as I bought it in a 3 in container as a rooted cutting,overwinted it in the greenhouse and planted it in the ground in April,and since then has tripled in size,Nancy not sure if this would be hardy,even for you in Zone 8,as it's leaves look to be very much on the tropical side.
Brugie,please post pictures of fireball,haven't seen this one as of yet!!!
I will, when it blooms. It's really red.
Okay,will be waiting!!!
OOOOHHHHH!!!! That is out of this world!!! Truly gorgeous!! Darn, another plant on my "must have" list....
BTW,just wanted to let you all know this flower stayed open for 3 days,now the humidity was very high,cloudy skies,high 70's and low 80's were the temps,will have to wait until it flowers again,to see if the same results occur.
FYI - I saw one at Lowes. They called it Plum Crazy Rose, however it had the darker leafs so fairly sure it was plum crazy. Gallon pot @ $12-$13.
Up here in Minnesota the nurseries sell Plum Crazy as a hardy hibsicus - meaning it needs lots of mulch and prayer in the winter.
I lost one a couple years ago and just bought a new one this spring. So far it looks great - can't wait to see the flowers!
Jeannine
This message was edited Jun 28, 2007 9:52 PM
Is Plum Crazy a hardy or a tropical hibiscus?
The plant tags that came with my Plum Crazy don't give a zone range, but the most informative tags says, "Breaks dormancy very late," which would imply that it is grown in areas subject to hard frost.
It was introduced by the Fleming Brothers in Nebraska -
http://www.flemingsflowerfields.com/index2.htm
Jeannine
This message was edited Jun 29, 2007 9:08 AM
For details from the Fleming web site see
http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=195
Jachurch, thanks for the link, yours is definitely a hardy hibiscus.After looking
at the link's picture and comparing it to Tropicman's photo, I'm not sure that they are the same plant.His photo looks more tropical to me. Either way, I would love to add both of them to my collection. :~)
Tropicman-Heres the DG Plantfile for "Fireball"
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/40908/
Well soonerplantfarm,says hardy to zone 4,mine is definably not the same plum crazy as that one,I bought mine here at Dutches nursery,and I did not see any this year,with all the rain mine has gone from a foot tall to almost 3 ft tall already,and my mardarin wind hibiscus is about 4 ft tall,this rain has caused continous growth with little flowers.
Such a pretty color you have there, Don. And your last one is so nice too!
jachurch, I sure enjoyed that Fleming nursery website. the graphics were just great. .
Thanks Kell,
Hope to see the sun again someday,maybe they will flower again!!!!!LOL
Funny you say that for during the night I was thinking of moving mine to the backyard from my courtyard into more sun. How many hours do they need a day of direct sun to get good blooming? Do you know?
Anyone know what this one is? I am pretty sure it is hardy.
Kell,
Well I heard they need the same amount as a rose to get good blooms,
so 6 hours at least,with late afternoon shade is what I read.
Jackie,is that the one they Call Lady Baltimore?
Thanks Don. My problem is I have so many plants now, they create too much shade.
Me and you have the same problem!!!!!LOL
But I have to bring 100% of mine inside to overwinter!!!LOL
I feel like the old mother in a shoe,had so many plants I didn't know what to do!!!
Had to show off my new plum crazy :)
and an awful picture, but the dark leaves
Love the darker eye center,and those are the darkest leaves,I ever seen on a hibiscus,
Thanks for posting them both!
Don
I too was surprised at the leaf color, darker than even my Kopper King before the japanese beetles got to it :)
I had to rearrange my garden to make room for it, but I'm planting it today :)
Still waiting for my buds to mature on Plum Crazy. Was going to post a picture of Kopper King today, but our heat got to it or maybe it was me the heat got to. I do have a perennial hibiscus that I need an ID for tho. Maybe you all can help me out.
Haven't had to deal with any Jap beetles here as of yet!!!
I was going to buy a copper king,but lowes didn't water them very well,and they really looked bad,so I passed on them.
Brugie,wished I could help you,for I have the same problem,here,a bird must of planted this seed.I did have a blue river,but it didn't come back for me this year,
Don, here is my Plum Crazy. Now we know how much difference in time there is between our zones. LOL!
Very nice color. A must for my list which seems to be never-ending lol
Robert
Plum crazy just hit the mark down rack at Lowes where I am. It's setting seeds, hope they don't sell them all before I can do some seed napping. LOL.
Is that morally right? If I ask they say grab all the seeds you want.
Nothing morally wrong, but gosh, buy the plant, what is that, 6 bucks? I got one and I love mine......in fact you should grab up a couple for trading.....lol
I'm not sure plum crazy sets seeds readily. Mine never has and I've had her for three years. I like this one because it doesn't get as tall as some of the others and it stands better.
She's a beauty Brugie,I wouldn't think unless it was pollinated with another plum hibiscus,whether it would come true to seed,but who knows what you might get!!!
Even if it was pollinated by another plum the seeds still wouldn't come true, a few seedlings might look a lot like the plum parent but there'd be others that wouldn't. Sometimes the seedlings might be even prettier than the parents, so it's definitely worth trying them to see what you get!
I would sure try the seeds if they ever developed, but still have my doubts about getting any. Maybe CoreHII will be lucky.