Mine…

The other day, I commented on my blogger-friend’s post on the different varieties of hibiscus that she has. This was what I said: “Your flowers are so beautiful. I only have one variety of hibiscus, with blooms as big as a dinner plate except that mine is not so fertile, just the size of saucers or side plates for buns – I got it from my girl’s school in the jungle and for reasons unknown, it is flowering like crazy. Maybe I’ll take some photos and blog about it.” In response to her reply, “Yes, please show your flowers!“, that is exactly what I shall be doing today.

Like what I said in my comment, I only have one variety…

…with very big flowers. That was what attracted me to it when I saw it at my girl’s school in the jungle.

They have a very wide range of varieties there including these small ones…

…and these yellow ones…

…and they also have these two-in-one ones…

…that come in different colours…

Unfortunately, I was not into flowers at the time – I was only interested in planting things that I can use in my cooking, herbs and stuff like that.

But because of the size of the blooms…

…I could not resist taking a few cuttings home and simply poking them into the ground.

They grew and grew and other than dutifully watering them faithfully, I also did the weeding regularly but for reasons unknown, the flowers were not very big and few and far between. On a good day, I probably would get to see 5 or 6 of them only.

Lately, because of the pandemic, I do not like going out into the open and hanging around in my garden so much so I may not water the plants so often and the weeds are going out of control. Much to my surprise, my hibiscus began to flower with a vengeance…

Once, there were so many that it looked like a Christmas tree with red baubles from top to bottom. It sure was a sight to behold!

My sister, at one time, was into growing hibiscus – all the different varieties that she could lay her hands on. You can see some of them here. I don’t think she is so into it anymore these days but I believe she still has a few in her garden. These hibiscus plants are easy to grow and they last till like…forever!