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Originally Posted by JohnN
I'm not a plant expert by any means and will defer to others.
I was just wondering on the timeframe you transplanted your hibiscus, just now in July??
Dead of summer is not a good time for transplanting, too much stress.
I'd guess to just baby your baby as you can, and likely next spring the plant will be OK.
Just how I see it, don't know more than that.
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Hi JohnN,
No plant expert you?? Well, you may not think so. But plants can be a little like people. And maybe you are a good student of human nature.
I know you're right about not transplanting in the heat. But I had no choice. Those Karly Rose ornamental grasses were dragging her down. I think my hibiscus thought she was Diana Ross and the ornamental grasses were the Supremes. She had to ditch that backup group. They seemed to be holding her back, blocking out the light. (See, I think my hibiscus is a girl.)
And the rest of that advice you gave, about how I should just baby the plant. There's that student of human nature part. You are right about that, too. Usually, I have no patience with whining plants, but like I said, this one was a gift.
And I had started to baby the hibiscus, finally, just last night. You see, we had a lot of lightning and thunder and a lot of rain, nearly an inch, according to the rain gauge this morning. (But my rain gauge lies sometimes.) And I knew my hibiscus' yellow leaves may have been due to too much water already.
So I got up out of a deep sleep and went outside in the storm, all that lightning everywhere. And I held an umbrella over my little hibiscus until it stopped raining. (
OK. That part's not true. I thought I had better say so. Boomer is not totally nuts. Boomer has sense enough to get off a golf course in a storm. Boomer can make a man get a boat off a lake faster than the speed of lightning. But Boomer can rarely type without her tongue in her cheek. So please do not believe that part about the umbrella.)
Well, anyway, JohnN. All of a sudden. Just this morning when I went out there. My hibiscus is looking pretty good. Three blooms. And only a few yellow leaves.
So I told that little hibiscus that if she can give me some more green and get a little bigger that I just might make her into an avatar. And I will copyright that avatar.
And now, I think that girl is feeling pretty fine. She is out there in front of those Knockout Roses and I think that hibiscus might just start struttin' her stuff. I am starting to see some attitude. And those Knockout Roses singing backup this time had better just do what they are supposed to do. It's starting to look a whole lot like Bette Midler and the Harlettes out there.
Well, it's Lunchtime in the Garden of Boomer BeBack so I need to get out of here. I just handed Mr. Boomer a can of sardines for lunch. (It's OK he really likes them and they are good for him.) And I need to hurry back outside. But I just wanted to write this little update. And thanks, JohnN.
Boomer