Comments on: Hibiscus Romance

By: Mar

Mar — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:24:55 +0000

Outstanding shots, Quilly!! we have two old hibiscus , which came with the house (so they are at least over 30 yo) and they have beautiful red flowers. We planted two yellow/pastel ones who are doing fine but are still little…. We have wonderful hibiscus flowers whenever there is a dry spell and the rest of the garden looks like it’s going to dry out/die on us completely…strange thing, I think.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:02:38 +0000

Karen — thank you!

By: Quilly

Quilly — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:02:08 +0000

Cherie — help yourself. It would thrill me no end to know my photo was bringing you joy.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:01:31 +0000

Susan — I will take these photos with me to Washington ….

By: kcinnova

kcinnova — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:47:41 +0000

WOWZA!!!

By: Cherie

Cherie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:37:56 +0000

They just glow. Stunning. I might snag the second one as my new desktop wallpaper. I seem to be on a red kick at the moment, and that ought to warm up the winter months.

By: Susan at Stony River

Susan at Stony River — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:05:16 +0000

Your photos are gorgeous! Such grace in the curves of that second one especially. We don’t have hibiscus here—what, they don’t *like* 40-degree summers and gale force winds or something?
*sigh*
Me neither.

By: Melli

Melli — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:20:50 +0000

Well that’s just sad! They need a wind screen!

By: Quilly

Quilly — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:35:19 +0000

Church Lady — if you have the room, you might go ahead and move them into the garage in case the roots didn’t freeze. They might come up from the root stalk. Of course, in which case you may get the original flower rather than your pretty pink hybrid.

By: Church Lady

Church Lady — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:31:16 +0000

I think my hibiscus are dead. I had two beautiful pink ones in large pots that bloomed all summer and into the fall. We had our first frost a few weeks ago and now they are wilting. I WAS going to try to move them into the heated garage to see if I could keep them through the winter, but I was too late. Your photos are stunning!

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:29:51 +0000

Jaqueline — I have a great camera and outstanding scenery. Thank you for your praise and encouragement. I still have a long way to go.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:27:50 +0000

Kay — thank you. I cheated with the balance in the first one by cropping, but with the exception of adding me website, the second one is just the way it came from the camera.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:26:43 +0000

Dimple, thank you.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:26:16 +0000

Barbara — thank you. I was concentrating on the flower column & pistils. I almost always blur them and I was bound-and-determined to get a nice photo.

By: Quilly

Quilly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:23:54 +0000

Shelly — I am glad I could send a little island sunshine your way.