Last Autumn—maybe September/October—I was dismayed to see that someone had demolished the hibiscus shrubs that have the gigantic flowers. They were on a berm next to a small basketball court, which in turn is next to an apartment complex. I loved those bushes, and someone hacked them literally down to the ground.
Some time later, I came across a woman from the People’s
Republic Association mulching the area, so I asked her why they’d been cut
down. She replied that they do it every year (although I’d never noticed that)
and that the shrubs would grow back.
I was dubious, and every time I walked past the site (which
is to say: every day), my disbelief only grew, because the hibiscus certainly
weren’t.
However: this past week, look what I saw:
I don’t know whether they’ll bloom this summer, but I’m so grateful to see that they are, indeed, coming back, right next to the stumps.
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