This particular bush was a volunteer, a single seed or two carried by the wind or possibly a bird.
It is also a second generation plant, the original bush belonging to my husband's mother who shared it's propagated beauty from her garden to ours.
Oftentimes they are considered an invasive plant, because they tend to spread so easily, but not to this gardener, we enjoy those endless blooms throughout the whole month of July.
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This is lovely and we should certainly welcome it in any garden of ours. Such joy to have those magnificent blooms all summer long.
Strangely, Rose of Sharon [Hypericum] is the name given to an entirely different plant in the UK.
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very nice.
Although I had to take out the one growing too close to the house, we still have two of these in the yard. One is the single bloom type, like yours. The other is a double bloom variety. The blooms are so heavy and full that the branches bend to the ground.
They are beautiful bushes/trees though and we too enjoy them all summer.
Love it.
Ours have not bloomed yet but I am looking forward to that. We cut the one outside the living room last fall and I miss seeing our humming bird visits.
OH, that is a gorgeous Rose of Sharon. I wish it would self seed in my garden. My Rose of Sharon is the ordinary, single, pink/lavender variety and very prolific sprouting up all over the yard.
Babs
Invasive there? Not around here. Must be the tough winters keeping them in line. I'm with you. I love them, and their multitude of blossoms. One of my neighbors has a whole hedgerow of them, and it is a riot of color right now.
I saw a picture of this on Vicki Lane's Blog recently. I'm sure we call that Lavatera in England? Rose of Sharon has yellow flowers.
Very pretty bush and large too, isn't it. I love when I get plants from other people as gifts. It means so much more than buying them at the garden centre, I'm sure you will agree.
Beautiful! I cannot imagine why someone would not like it. But then again, rhododendrons are considered weeds in some countries.
How lovely! I love the way they seem to change color as the bloom ages. Having a slow rain again this morning!
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Oh, you have a double, that's very pretty! Mine is a single. Isn't it wonderful how they just bloom and bloom all summer?
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Beautiful!!
We have the hope of rain this week-end. Lovely, the Rose of Sharon never disappoints.
Such a beautiful flower ! Have a great day !
This is a beautiful bush with gorgeous blossoms. I'd be very happy to have it in our yard.
we have a yard full of hibiscus, 9 of them, 6 different kinds and they bloom all year here. this one is lovely
This invasive plant would be very welcome in my garden. Beautiful blooms.
That is a beautiful flower. I'll have to ask my sister-in-law Sharon if she has seen one.
Thats a beautiful bloom. I've not seen one like that.
I first learned about the Rose of Sharon years and years ago when I read The Grapes of Wrath! They are quite lovely and so nice to bloom so wonderfully during the heat of the summer! And yours has a history...being a "family" flower/shrub!
I never knew Hypericum is also known as the rose of Sharon.....
you learn something new
It is just beautiful and the colours stunning. I love hibiscus - they're bold and beautiful.
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