Hibiscus lasiocarpos

#swamptastic #greatcolor

🩷 .. what a name !!

@juliesgarden it didn't have a cultivar name, just the botanical one so I suspect that like a lot of the plants at that nursery it's a wild type...and the fruits are not noticeably hairy either so 🤔🤔🤔

Love this color! #swamptastic #midwesternnative

Awesome colour 😍

Finally, a flower is opening... #swamptastic

It’s beautiful!! 💖💖💖

I know, right @cheriej !? I was expecting white with the usual red eye but this is so much prettier!

It looks like it’s going to be veiny too! @emch

I'm counting on it, @cheriej

So many buds!!! #anticipation #swamptastic

Closer... #anticipation #swamptastic

Flower buds! #anticipation #swamptastic

A close look revealed forkbutts among the leaves #exoskeletal

Growing very, very well...looking forward to those valentine-pink flowers! #swamptastic #midwesternnative

#newgrowth at last!

Flower starting to get foldy

At last, an open flower! I was fully expecting this to bloom white, but I like this MUCH better. #swamptastic #midwesternnative #bestofaugust

The very first buds on this #swamptastic #midwesternnative #hibiscus

The buds are pretty. Can't wait for the flowers. 💚💚

A second shoot on the second day of #newgrowth

Very cool name😊

I am calling it "Lazy Carp" after the botanical name, personally, @cowdenkyle

Is this little guy a new shoot on my apparently-still-dormant shrub? My other hibiscus ("Blue Bird") is still fast asleep.

#wildlifewednesday #exoskeletal

Wow! So many colors! (He must taste TERRIBLE)

I never thought of it that way @sushiwaitress but I daresay you are right LOL

Getting taller but not a bloom do I see... #midwesternnative #swamptastic

#notmyplant but I'm 99.999% sure this is a more mature specimen of the one I just bought from Specialty Growers in Howell, MI #swamptastic

Now appearing in the southeast corner of the Rhombus of Hope #midwesternnative #swamptastic #eileensplantmap

#native