Rose of Sharon.

[MiHale]

I titled this…”Ennui of Entropy”

[samnsara]

1. beautiful!! i never knew what they looked like.. wasnt a young woman in Grapes of Wrath

..named Rose of Sharon?

[MiHale]

3. Yes..loved that book.

[mopinko]

2. very nice pic.

but i do hate the plant. neighbor next to my farm has a ring of them all around their side of the fence. i'm pulling up the seedlings all.the.time.

on the plus side, the flowers make a lovely tea. which is a good way to prevent those seeds from forming.

[MiHale]

4. It's in the hibiscus family

The tea is wonderful. Dry some of the flowers for tea in times when not flowering. Sometimes if you can get them dry enough they’ll crumble into a powder then you can use the powder in other recipes. My wife makes a beautiful butter cream frosting when we have hibiscus powder.

[mopinko]

5. yup.

include the spent blooms and a few buds, and you get such a lovely lavender.