A pretty hibiscus from Denmark in Western Australia / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

March 2, 2018 1:22am CST

We’ve just returned from five nights away and there are 70 emails each telling me of multiple notifications. So I hope everyone will be patient till I get to them all. We had a lovely relaxing time away but I wasn’t able to myLot. I know I will have missed out on a lot of interesting discussions but hopefully I’ll catch up with most of them before too long. We took the caravan to Denmark which in this case is a town on Western Australia’s south coast. I’m not sure how it came to get its name. It’s nice to be home and this evening we’re going to a free film called The Purpose of a Dog. It is a long weekend here – Labour Day weekend - and the roads were very busy with holiday-makers going every which way. And I couldn't resist taking a photo of this very pretty hibiscus which was in the garden of the caravan park where we stayed.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13122)

• Ireland

2 Mar 18

@judyev @maluse When I see hibiscus, I have to think of Africa.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13122)

• Ireland

2 Mar 18

@MALUSE It seems that many people do not consider Egypt as an African country. Strange. I'm one of them.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

I gather that's because you saw a lot of hibiscuses (hibisci??) in Africa?

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

@xFiacre I don't recall seeing too many hibiscus, if any, in Egypt.

hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

2 Mar 18

it's pretty. ours is yellow with a red dot in the middle. maybe there were dutch settllers there.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

Do you have them in other colours too? There is quite a variety of colours. Mostly I prefer the double types but I loved the colouring of this one.

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

2 Mar 18

@JudyEv the yellow is my favorite because the flowers are as big as saucers. the red one is smaller, it's all red in color, and the petals don't fully open. the latest one is like pinkish peach and the petals are wide apart like that.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16785)

• China

2 Mar 18

It seems that you enjoyed your trip.The hibiscus is beautiful .Here there is multi-petalled hibiscus mutabilis.I like it very much.

Hibiscus mutabilis - Wikipedia

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Hibiscus mutabilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Hibiscus Species: H. mutabilis Binomia

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

That is a very beautiful flower. I loved the photos of the changing colours of the petals.

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Darcy Nemo

@YrNemo (20255)

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2 Mar 18

Lucky you, having a long weekend ahead. Very pretty flower, that one.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

Being retired, we can have a long weekend any time we want one but I do know what you mean.

Icydoll

@Icydoll (36717)

• India

2 Mar 18

Very pretty hibiscus

.we have plain red in our garden

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

They come in some very lovely colours. Is your red one a single type or a double? The double has lots of petals.

Natalie Frank

@writereditor (32)

• Chicago, Illinois

3 Mar 18

What a beautiful picture! I am not one who grows many plants (or any for that matter as I have a brown thumb and have actually killed a cactus before) but I'd love to try. I've heard that you can grow hibiscus inside in containers even in cold climates. Anyone know if this is the case?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I'm not sure about this but hopefully someone else will know.

Natalie Frank

@writereditor (32)

• Chicago, Illinois

3 Mar 18

@JudyEv Thanks

Always smiling

@allknowing (137590)

• India

3 Mar 18

It almost matches the one that blooms in my garden. Tempted to post it here for your viewing pleasure

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

Yes, it's a little bit similar. Thanks for posting the photo.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37369)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Mar 18

That is a lovely flower.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

The colouring is lovely isn't it? I'm glad you like it.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

2 Mar 18

Beautiful flower indeed.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

I thought it was just gorgeous. The double ones are pretty too but the two shades here were very eye-catching.

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (20046)

• United States

2 Mar 18

pretty picture.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

Thanks. I'm glad you like it.

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Angie

@andriaperry (117133)

• Anniston, Alabama

2 Mar 18

Its beautiful! A busy traveling woman!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Mar 18

I like finding pretty flowers along the way.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

2 Mar 18

A perfectly lovely flower. Good you enjoyed your travels to Denmark.....on the coast that is!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

I remembered this time to remind people that we have a Denmark too. I had a few confused last time.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

9 Mar 18

That's ok, I'm nine days behind myself right now. But I've made quite a dent today!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

I had another two nights away and I'm still catching up - but I did put up two posts and read and respond to others' before I started on the notifications. Nine days will be a lot to catch up on.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

2 Mar 18

That's so pretty! We have lots of hibiscus here on Oahu, but none that I've seen with the markings as your hibiscus in Australia. It's so nice to know that Australia has hibiscus too. The hibiscus is Hawaii's State flower. Each Hawaiian Island has their own flower too. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/hawaii/state-flower/pua-aloalo

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@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Mar 18

I didn't know about each island having its own flower. That's something new I've learnt today.