oh, this tree that you describe is indeed rose of sharon from its history alone...
what a nice story, love it.. usha di ==== On Sep 11, 7:49 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Usha di > But I could not understand "Do these die with snow?" > > Incidently, this is one tree (normally a shrub but older ones become almost > a tree) I know since I was in class 1 of school. In compound of our school, > there was no grass left because of nearly 500-600 students playing in a > small area of not more that 1 hectare or so. There were about 20 trees of > this in the area we used to play in lower classes, and the tree is > characteristic as ground was littered with fallen flowers and we would often > pick them up and play as children. The tree being deciduous loses all its > leaves in autumn when ground would be littered with leaves. The tree > remaining leafless in winter till new leaves and then flowers appear in > March-April. > Did you mean that as die in snow? > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > Gurucharanji... I guess we were writing this almost at the same > > time... > > our minds think alike in this case!! > > > Usha di > > ==== > > > On Sep 11, 7:24 am, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Very nice colors and pictures, na bha.. they look like rose of sharon > > > to me > > > > quick way to know would be: Do these die with snow? > > > or survive the winter and the snow... > > > if they survive and thrive... they would be more likely rose of > > > sharon... than garden variety hibiscus ... > > > I have submited two plants of rose of sharon... would be a nice > > > comparison... > > > > Usha di > > > ===== > > > > On Sep 11, 1:04 am, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hallo all, > > > > The white flower is from my friends garden in Bremen. Sept. 2011 > > > > > The other flowers are from my garden in Ritterhude. Sept 2010 > > > > Regards > > > > Nalini > > > > > Hibiskus-IMG_1612.JPG > > > > 42KViewDownload > > > > > Lila-Hibiskus-100_7965.JPG > > > > 52KViewDownload > > > > > Hibiskus-100_8249.JPG > > > > 46KViewDownload > > > > > Hibiskus-100_8657.JPG > > > > 71KViewDownload
