A couple of months ago I was heartened by seeing new growth from the hibiscus shrubs that had been chopped to the ground last fall. These are the ones that produce the largest hibiscus flowers I have ever seen.
I didn’t know whether we’d have blooms this
year, but a week ago I noticed these:
“Oh, boy,” I said to myself. “I think these are
little proto-bud jobbers.”
Lo and behold, here's what I saw on Friday morning:
And blow me if on Saturday morning I didn’t see
these:
And, today:
I am so, so grateful that my pie-plate-sized
hibiscus have returned.
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