Here's how she looked last year... a nice pink. Light... but still definitely pink. Lady Baltimore Hibiscus ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) And here's her bloom from this morning. Lady Baltimore - white? ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) She's practically white (except for the little big of pink in the veins). Hubby says it's because my White Dinner Plate Hibiscus is "taking over it's color". I think it's needing some extra nutrient of some kind. What do you all think?
How many years have you had the plant? Sometimes growers will put two or three plants in the same pot to begin with but forget to separate them before sending the plant to the seller. You could have both white and pink plants and I read somewhere a long time ago that white is the stronger plant and can eventually take over. Could be a 'sport', that's a genetic mutation in the plant that sometimes just happens or a botantist can purposely cause them. If you try to propagate the sport, it could stay that color or revert back to the pink.
I started it from seed last year... so no chance of a nursery mix-up. Could adding Epsom Salt, or something else, help boost it's color?
It'll make the leaves a darker green, I don't know about the color of the bloom. If that is a sport, that might be the only stem with white flowers. You could hold off on the Epsom Salts until another flower blooms on a different stem. Sports are usually just one stem not the whole plant.
