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Permalink Reply by Nina Williams on October 22, 2011 at 2:00pm

It's a WEED.  I don't know the name.

Permalink Reply by Nina Williams on October 22, 2011 at 2:47pm

This little weed grew all the time in the fields near my parents house when I was growing up.  I always liked them.  I wonder why yours hasn't open up yet?  I think the flowers are pretty, but the plants are generally kinda scrawy  I found a picture of it and it's name.  It's called Hibiscus Trionum.

Permalink Reply by Melissa Clark - Texas, 8b on October 22, 2011 at 3:00pm

I grow these in my flower beds. I don't consider them a weed, at all! It's in the Mallow family with Hardy Hibiscus. Commonly called "Rock Rose".

Permalink Reply by Jan Page on October 22, 2011 at 3:33pm

Does the rock rose have a fragrance?

Permalink Reply by Melissa Clark - Texas, 8b on October 29, 2011 at 2:02am

I don't think so, Jan. At least I've never noticed one.

Permalink Reply by Bonnie Hannum ~ Missouri, USA on October 29, 2011 at 2:31am

Melissa, do they overwinter in cold temps?  I'm assuming they're hardy since they grow as a weed....  Must be tired, I think I answered my own question.  lol.

 

Permalink Reply by Melissa Clark - Texas, 8b on October 29, 2011 at 11:44am

You did answer your own question, bonnie! Lol! They are very cold hardy. I'm assuming some people refer to them as weeds because they can be invasive. They throw out a ton of seeds, and grow from them VERY fast & easily.

Permalink Reply by Bonnie Hannum ~ Missouri, USA on October 29, 2011 at 2:28am

Nina, thanks for looking up and finding the name of this...."one man's junk is another man's treasure"....pretty weed!  I'll have to show hubby what it looks like with the bud opened.    I think I'll keep it under 'treasure' as a plant, tho.  Much to pretty to be a weed.   A great many of our cultivars today started out as simple little weedy wildflowers until a botanist took note of it.

Permalink Reply by Jan Page on October 22, 2011 at 3:32pm

How did I get this?  I have never even seen one of these in any garden up here in Northern Minnesota.  Hibiscus Trionum, thanks so much gals for the prompt identification.... Now I wish I would have kept it but I pulled it out yesterday along with all the mighty roots of my Cosmo's.

Permalink Reply by Kimberly White, Lombard, IL,Zn 5 on October 28, 2011 at 9:57pm

I know it as "Flower of the Hour".  It only blooms in the morning.  By noon, it is usually closed up.

Permalink Reply by Bonnie Hannum ~ Missouri, USA on October 29, 2011 at 2:23am

HA!  Hubby has been 'protecting' this very same lil' plant/weed growing up in one of my pots; hubby wanted it left to grow to see what it was....