Yes, Gurucharanji...Yes... basic botany 101 , thanks..
But I was talking only about na bha's flowering plant... if they die off totally in winter ( in NY or northern Europe when out in the garden) these "plants" are they not ROSE of sharon.... Since Na bha had identified her plant as Hibiscus I was telling her why it was not. a jabakusum... jabakusm hibiscus would die in her gadren in snow and winter, rose of sharon wil not... that's all I was getting at... I was giving her a differential diagnosis like we do in medicine... :) Usha di On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > >
