Name that plant
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Date Photo Taken
06 / 18 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Suffolk
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State
Virginia
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Posted by
Seornia
Notes:
Would love some help identifying these two plants. They are growing extremely quickly! I planted two baby bushes in the exact same spots last year (can’t remember what kind, but they flowered, although they were still very small), and I assumed they did not make it through our extremely cold winter (Southeast VA), since many of my other new bushes did not either. I have mulched and watered them, and may be the only person on earth watering and mulching weeds for all I know! Thanks in advance!
Comments
Seornia Registered says:
I did some research (purchased them on the internet), and it was in fact Hardy Hibiscus I planted, the different leaves threw me off. They were so small last year, so I am shocked they both made it through the winter. The one does look a lot like a Ragweed though, from the photos I looked up ;). I am just venturing out from houseplants, so anything outdoors is still somewhat of a mystery to me (and we back up to woods, so I always have something random growing from the animals ‘donating’ seeds). Thanks for the help, now to impatiently wait for blooms!
June 23rd, 2014 at 12:55pm
Jim Unregistered says:
Thanks, stone. I’m just a wild plant amateur, and know very little about cultivars. I usually hold off to see if anyone else responds before venturing an ID.
June 23rd, 2014 at 9:25am
stone Master Identifier says:
They’re both hardy hibiscus. Probably some of the hibiscus coccinea hybrids. Here’s some of the hardy hibiscus offered by plant delights… http://www.plantdelights.com/Hibiscus-for-sale/buy-Rose-Mallow/Plant-Hibiscus/Mallows/
June 23rd, 2014 at 8:48am
Jim Unregistered says:
Bottom one is great ragweed.
June 21st, 2014 at 11:11am