Yes that's right I am now a proud mother. Of a beautiful Hibiscus plant
that is! I first fell in love with Hibiscus flowers when I went to
Hawaii oh 7 or so years ago. I unfortunately believed that Hibiscus
flowers could only grow in tropical places and so began my depression,
then I saw a delightful surprise one day. There was a house in Kaysville
that I drove by on my way to Ben Franklin a couple years ago and I
noticed a big beautiful Hibiscus plant. (Last I checked its still
there) Well needless to say after that I went on a search for a Hibiscus
plant. I discovered that J&J sold them, so I immediately went out
and bought one. I was so excited to see it grow but alas it was not to
be for it got bugs and died a couple weeks later. Sad I know. When I
came home from school this past May I was determined to see if I could
get another one to survive. We took a trip to J&J and I ran straight
over to Hibiscus plants and picked out a pretty pink one. I came home
and planted it hoping for better luck this time. Now 2 months later my
Hibiscus plant is not only still alive but it has tripled in size and
yesterday its first flower bloomed. I must say it has completely made my
week!
Here is what the cute little buds look like, plenty more flowers to come!
Next the pink flower started to peek through.
I was expecting the flower to say in the bud/peeking out stage for a few days so I was quite thrilled when I dragged myself up the stairs Monday morning for work and looked out the window to see this staring back at me!
