It's Spring When Madame Says So
(Garden • )
This is Madame Dupont, a fancy-schmancy hibiscus I bought from Dupont Nursery in Plaquemine, La. It can’t stand cold below 40 degrees yet doesn’t like being inside in the dry air during the winter.
But give it a few moist spring days and it’s one of the first hibiscus to flower. When it’s really in a good mood, it pushes out these weird wing-like petals near the top of the stamen.
It’s officially spring here today, and time to assess and haul off winter’s damage.
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