Ushadi We don't use the term annual for trees or shrubs If they lose leaves in winter they are deciduous trees or shrubs (apple, pear, cherry, willow, poplar)
If leaves persist year round they are evergreen trees and shrubs (pines, mango, jamun, Eucalyptus, guava, etc.) Only in herbs the plant dies and the springs up from seeds only (Annual herb-pansy, aster, calendula, candy tuft, etc) or from perennating underground rhizome, bulb, etc. (perennial herb-Dahlia, Iris, Ginger, daffodils etc.) during the growiong season. -- 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: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 >
