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Photo by LaurieWinters
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Description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus : The leaves are alternate, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, ranging from white to pink, red, orange, purple or yellow, and from 4–18 cm broad. Flower color in certain species, such as H. mutabilis and H. tiliaceus, changes with age.[5] The fruit is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several seeds in each lobe, which are released when the capsule dehisces (splits open) at maturity.

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The gift that keeps on giving. :)
Thanks CJ. That was a Mother's Day present (year before last). JC left it in her car for too long the afternoon before she gave it to me and it did a lot of damage. By time I saw it, the next morning, all the blooms had fallen off. She felt terrible. It survived but no blooms. One year later, about a week before Mother's Day, this came.

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