Thanks Ushadi
-- 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 11:47 AM, ushadi Micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> >> >> >
