I have a grafted ( is that a word?) hibiscus. It gives me red flowers and also yellow ones. Hummingbirds love them. I believe Rosella is the best one for tea. Also great for jam and ice cream. Turtles LOVE those flowers too
I have two huge turks cap bushes (Pink/Red) and never knew! Just went outside to taste! I am so tickled they are yummy. Thank you! Twice you have made reference to children's gardens in your vids. Have you made one? Love to hear.
Thanks Pete for keeping on from the Justin Rhodes challenge. You are an awesome teacher for all this information. Appreciate you sharing all this info and plant insights. I'm in zone 6 but, still enjoy your videos and presentations.
Pete...I had to travel out to Superior here 60 + minutes out for me here in Arizona to the reknowned Boyce Thompson Arboretum ~ 8yr or so yrs ago to find a Turks Cap at the time....though now slightly more common again...Your previous video reminded me that they were edible...had once heard but completely forgotten that ! So great stuff ! So many great edibles in the Mallow family...Directed a few people to your site yesterday, including a nice lady that runs a Home Depot nursery here...
Jeff thanks as always! I saw these my whole life growing up, when I finally learned they were edible I felt like I had been missing out! Definitely one of my favorite snacking flowers in the food forest. Do yours seem to flower all year long?
Pete, where can I get some of these? Would they make a decent hedge around a small fence. I bought a Venus Mango and Strawberry Tree from you at Green Thumb and they are looking good. Just thinking 3-4 of these would go well too.
I like to drink hibiscus herbal tea but I had my Mom try some (unsweetened) and it gave her a very fast acting sugar crash (she is hypoglycemic). I have no idea why it affected her that way!
I lost my little white Turk’s cap this past winter. It was the smaller flower variety. I had been told by the nursery that I didn’t need to protect it. Now I can’t find it anywhere. The only thing I found was the Malvaviscus Pendiliflorus white Turks cap that has 2” flowers and grows to ten feet tall. This is not what I was looking for. Do you have any of the smaller flower variety in white?
The kids I tutor adore this and we make Turk's cap hibiscus smoothies!
So awesome!
Oh my gosh!! I just dug mine up and separated it. I didn't know they were edible!! That is awesome.
I have a grafted ( is that a word?) hibiscus. It gives me red flowers and also yellow ones. Hummingbirds love them. I believe Rosella is the best one for tea. Also great for jam and ice cream. Turtles LOVE those flowers too
thanks Pete good info.i also use them to make tea every day very good stuff.
Steve's Outdoor World nice! I've never used this one for tea, good idea.
I have two huge turks cap bushes (Pink/Red) and never knew! Just went outside to taste! I am so tickled they are yummy. Thank you! Twice you have made reference to children's gardens in your vids. Have you made one? Love to hear.
Merry Makers Inc. They are excellent!
Thanks Pete for keeping on from the Justin Rhodes challenge. You are an awesome teacher for all this information.
Appreciate you sharing all this info and plant insights. I'm in zone 6 but, still enjoy your videos and presentations.
Charles Gann thanks we are having fun with the videos.
Pete...I had to travel out to Superior here 60 + minutes out for me here in Arizona to the reknowned Boyce Thompson Arboretum ~ 8yr or so yrs ago to find a Turks Cap at the time....though now slightly more common again...Your previous video reminded me that they were edible...had once heard but completely forgotten that ! So great stuff ! So many great edibles in the Mallow family...Directed a few people to your site yesterday, including a nice lady that runs a Home Depot nursery here...
Jeff thanks as always! I saw these my whole life growing up, when I finally learned they were edible I felt like I had been missing out! Definitely one of my favorite snacking flowers in the food forest. Do yours seem to flower all year long?
Yes, it does, largely...in our high-heat, low humidity climate...great perennial shrub ! Thx, Pete !
I inadvertently rooted a branch when I broke one off to stick in the ground for a seed marker 🌿
Rhonda Bailey nice! Yeah these root fairly easy. We now have a pink, white and red variety:)
Informative quick vid... appreciated, @@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL
Literally just ate one 😂 it was actually really good
They’re delicious!
They are sweeter in the morning.
Pete, where can I get some of these? Would they make a decent hedge around a small fence. I bought a Venus Mango and Strawberry Tree from you at Green Thumb and they are looking good. Just thinking 3-4 of these would go well too.
I like to drink hibiscus herbal tea but I had my Mom try some (unsweetened) and it gave her a very fast acting sugar crash (she is hypoglycemic). I have no idea why it affected her that way!
I'm trying to find out how to propagate these? Can you help?
I lost my little white Turk’s cap this past winter. It was the smaller flower variety. I had been told by the nursery that I didn’t need to protect it. Now I can’t find it anywhere. The only thing I found was the Malvaviscus Pendiliflorus white Turks cap that has 2” flowers and grows to ten feet tall. This is not what I was looking for. Do you have any of the smaller flower variety in white?
Do you have a video on the white one?
Probably in one of our food forest installs
Are the leaves tasty?
Better of trying one of the many other Edible Leaf Hibiscus varieties
The swamp hibiscus aka scarlet is the Hibiscus Coccineus not to be confused with this Turks cap hibiscus
Man that would suck if their was a bee in there! Have you ever had that happen?
Not yet, just red ants 🐜 😬
nope, small ants though
azure co op farm in OR