I heart this Hibiscus!

I am so happy I bought this Painted Lady Hibiscus. It has been blooming like crazy, and is so gorgeous!

New Hibiscus

Today I found a specific Hibiscus I've been looking for for years. I first saw it at the home of Chick Fil-A founder, Truett Cathy, while on a tour of his automobile collection in Georgia with the Cadillac & LaSalle Club. I remember seeing this variety, taking a photo, and thinking "I want that one." About a year later, I did see it in a nursery in Alameda, and found out it was called "Painted Lady" but it was like $35 or $40 for a five-gallon plant, so I reluctantly walked away.

Today I went to Home Depot looking for a hummingbird-friendly plant, and while there wasn't a great selection of red tubular flowering plants at his point in the season, I did find this Painted Lady Hibiscus, at a fantastic price, a five gallon pot was $13.95.

Hibiscus

I love hibiscus - the blooms are so gorgeous, and come in so many colors. The one pictured above is called "Brilliant" it's a bright red blooms about 5" across.

I had four Hibiscus plants, but now I'm down to two after this last winter. I think I brought them all indoors last winter, but this winter I left them all outside, and it killed two of them, this one survived, and the last one is barely hanging on, but I think It will come back.