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I don't know what these are called, but I love them! butterflies and hummingbirds do too. I will give you plenty of seeds to spread around. i usually put a whole bunch in one area. they popped up last year as all pink. I collected seeds and replanted them this year. I got white and pink flowers! they can reach up to 2 ft. tall, very full of leaves and flowers. they love full sun. plant seeds early spring and will have flowers most of the summer. you will have plenty of seed to pick for the next year. they are just starting to dry up, but I still have plenty of new flowers blooming.

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Mine are all pink, & last about 3 days & do close up & drop like a rose of sharon
so maybe are a type of hibiscus.. very pretty whatever they are.. :0)

Sep 4th, 2013 at 9:11:38 AM PDT by

my sentiments exactly...lol. :-D

Sep 4th, 2013 at 10:00:36 AM PDT by

what do the seed/seed pods look like? if the seeds are flat kidney shaped they are hollyhocks ..but these look like hibiscus to me..

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 10:38:07 AM PDT by

I posted a pic of the seeds

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 10:53:38 AM PDT by

Hibiscus indeed! thanks for the auction! good luck.

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 10:03:26 PM PDT by

don't hibiscus get huge and have a long center?

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 7:02:32 AM PDT by

They are hibiscus and they will get taller and bushier next year. just pick the brown pods they have the seeds inside

Sep 7th, 2013 at 10:53:29 AM PDT by

Anyone know what they are called? Ihave some too & dont know, how do I collect
the seeds? they are blooming like mad right now.. They are so pretty..:0)

Sep 7th, 2013 at 8:56:38 AM PDT by

The best thing to do is take close up pictures and go to a nursery or green house and show them pics of the leaf,flowers,and whole plant they should be able to tell you exactly what it is.They are buetiful.I became a fan you have a buetifull plant.

Sep 7th, 2013 at 6:31:41 AM PDT by

thanks John198...I love them. :-)

Sep 7th, 2013 at 7:30:32 AM PDT by

*****since this auction seems to have peaked a lot of interest, tomorrow I'll list some more.

Sep 5th, 2013 at 7:20:59 PM PDT by

f &W

Sep 5th, 2013 at 7:04:10 PM PDT by

F&W

Sep 4th, 2013 at 11:07:40 AM PDT by

Malvacea Confederate rose (Hibiscus mutabillis) The standard Confederate rose flowers open white, and over the course of two or three days gradually turn deep pink, then dark, bluish-pink as the blossom dies. Because the plant flowers so prolifically, blooms in various stages of life and color are commonly present simultaneously. slow growing but they can grow to 15 ft and spread but left to their own devices will tend to develop as multistemmed shrubs. legend has it that Confederate rose blooms were once pure white. During the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier fell on the plant, his blood staining the flower first pink, then nearly red over the course of two days, dying when the soldier died. This, the legend says, is why Confederate roses change colors during their two- to three-day lifespan.

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 3:24:53 PM PDT by

mine are either pink or white, they last longer than three days and don't change color. they have only gotten about 3 ft. tall.

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 4:21:36 PM PDT by

it is an heirloom hibiscus or 'rose of sharon'..lovely there are so many varieties of hibiscus but almost all you see are the large flowered varieties. :)

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 3:12:05 PM PDT by

I have some too, were in a pack of mixed seeds I got, the plant is about 3ft & loaded w/ pink flowers, they do look alittle like an hibiscus, but the leaves are
shaped like an oak leaf.. but dont know what they are called either..

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 1:54:34 PM PDT by

f&w

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 10:56:02 AM PDT by

fyi! I've fanned everybody who commented...lol

Sep 3rd, 2013 at 9:47:31 AM PDT by

F&W!~

Sep 1st, 2013 at 12:39:07 PM PDT by

Fanned & Watching...

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 5:48:14 PM PDT by

Fanned and watching :)

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 4:48:22 PM PDT by

Hollyhocks grow 5-6 feet high leaves are large. The seeds grow in dead from
flowers and are much thinner than shown in your photos.

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:54:25 PM PDT by

I have blood red ones also, be careful of slugs and snails for they love to eat at the leaves. To check these, go out late at night and use a flashlight. If they are there the best way to kill them or at least get rid of them is to fill a butter dish half way up with beer and sink it into the dirt. The little buggers will get a taste and go into the beer for a full belly and get drunk and never come out. This is no lie it is the truth. I also dust the leaves very lightly with baby powder it keeps the snails off. Hope this helps. Oh and yes what you have are very turn of the century Hollyhocks. They are very old fashioned. Nice find.

Sep 1st, 2013 at 7:39:26 PM PDT by

I haven't had an issue with slugs on them, just all over my porch...lol. I read that hollyhocks typically are a single stem and don't branch out. mine branch, so that's why I'm thinking they aren't hollyhock. I don't know...lol :-/

Sep 2nd, 2013 at 7:40:06 AM PDT by

hibiscus..rosemallow..old fashioned variety..really pretty

Sep 1st, 2013 at 7:30:13 PM PDT by

I looked up images of hollyhock, and my plants look nothing like them.

Sep 1st, 2013 at 4:55:56 PM PDT by

thanks! :-)

Sep 1st, 2013 at 3:43:50 PM PDT by

They are hollyhocks, related to the hibiscus family

Sep 1st, 2013 at 3:32:25 PM PDT by

look like Hibiscus

Sep 1st, 2013 at 3:30:31 PM PDT by

awww to pretty =]

Sep 1st, 2013 at 3:20:51 PM PDT by

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