Hibiscus tiliaceus Tricolor

[Really full garden]

I just got a small one from Tropiflora in Sarasota.How does this variety fare with beach conditions (salt,sand,wind etc).The green variety is very tolerant.Does this Tricolor also produce the yellow-orange-maroon flowers?

                                                Scott

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Scott,

They have them directly on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.  Doing fine there.  I see them here in Fla not so much as directly oceanfront zone 1, but maybe zone 2 which is maybe 50-100 yards from the sand with some protection by seagrape and saw palmetto.

Jerry.

Jerry

[Really full garden]

Jerry, thanks for the help. I think that there is a dwarf tricolor as well in Hawaii.

                                                                                      Scott

[ariscott]

They are very tough trees. I planted one and watered them once a week, or if I remember - in the full sun too. And full sun in my block means full sun all day every day. So, it can take a lot. The rubra is nice too... I got 3!!

Regards, Ari

[Really full garden]

Ari, I am not familiar with the variety Rubra. Do you have photos?

                                                                           Scott

[Jeff Searle]

I'd like to see some pictures as well, I'm not to sure if I know this plant.

Jeff

[Eric in Orlando]

This plant is now known as Talipariti tiliaceum. The variegated cultivar  'Tricolor' does flower but not as heavily as the green form and seems to be a slower grower.

[Eric in Orlando]

This plant is now known as Talipariti tiliaceum. The variegated cultivar  'Tricolor' does flower but not as heavily as the green form and seems to be a slower grower.

[spockvr6]

If anyone wants some rooted cuttings of the Tricolor variety, I have a couple in a 3 gallon pot that are up for grabs (for free).   They are identical to the photos Eric posted above.

I planted my tree as a 3 gallon "stick" less than 2 years ago and now its nearly 20 ft tall!

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Eric,

Are we talking about the same plant?  Did they just change the name so it is no longer Hibiscus?  What does the rubra look like?

Jerry

[Eric in Orlando]

Yes, Hibiscus tiliaceus is now Talipariti tiliaceum. Several of those "mahoe" types like H. elatus have been seperated out into Talipariti.

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?19424

[Eric in Orlando]

This is another related species, Talipariti hamabo (Hibiscus hamabo). It is native to southern Korea and southern Japan. It is a big shrub 8-10ft tall and hardy into zone 8. It bears yellow flowers with a maroon eye but they don't change color in the afternoon like Mahoe.

[Carlo Morici]

I brought a cutting from Waikiki and this year we planted three rooted cuttings at the palmetum in July-September, on the edge of the New Guinean section, as a wind screen. Growing conditions are sun, wind and more sun, but they have been growing unbelievably fast and strong. It seems it is going to make a tree in two years !

[Really full garden]

Thanks for all the info. I am going to keep mine in a pot until the rains come again in April.I am also happy to report that the green iguanas have left this plant alone so far.The common flowering hibiscus sinensis cultivars would have been devoured by now.

                                                                Scott

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

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This is another related species, Talipariti hamabo (Hibiscus hamabo). It is native to southern Korea and southern Japan. It is a big shrub 8-10ft tall and hardy into zone 8. It bears yellow flowers with a maroon eye but they don't change color in the afternoon like Mahoe.

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Eric

A similar large shrub labeled as Thespesia portico has been making some of the sales around here.  It is a well behaved shrub, not like the invasive T. populnea.

Jerry

[Eric in Orlando]

Jerry,

I know which one you are talking about. I believe it is actually T. lampas. I first saw one at Jesse Durko's and I bought one at Jeff's spring sale. Jesse has a nice one growing and never had any problems with seedlings. Hopefully it will turn out to be a nice shrub.

http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Thespesialampas.htm

[ariscott]

Sorry, just got around to read this thread now. The rubra has red foliage. I will take some photo and post them tonight. It is a lot more robust than tricolour.

Regards, Ari

[ariscott]

There we go. I just went outside and took some photos, before it gets too dark. It is only small - probably about 1.5m high.  Very attractive tree and faster and hardier than tricolour, in my opinion. I like it so much, I planted 3!!

Regards, Ari

[ariscott]

the close-up of the leaves.

[Carlo Morici]

This is one of the ones that I planted at the Palmetum in July 2007, as a small 1 gal rooted cutting. This is 3 months later, in mid november. Only some weeds would grow faster!

Carlo

[Eric in Orlando]

Here is the Thespesia lampas;