{"id":2451,"date":"2012-04-09T05:56:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T12:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2012-04-09T06:22:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T13:22:05","slug":"hawaiian-hibiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/hawaiian-hibiscus","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Hibiscus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hibiscuscropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hibiscuscropped-454x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"hibiscuscropped\" width=\"454\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hibiscuscropped-454x300.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hibiscuscropped-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hibiscuscropped-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/hibiscuscropped.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the wonderful things about Hawaii was all the beautiful flowers that flourish there year round.  The state flower of Hawaii is the yellow Hibiscus. We found, however that we liked the Hibiscus arnottianus much better, it is so striking in contrast and simplicity with its pure white petals and red stamens. The sad thing about this flower is that it has not been found in the wild for some time, as it readily crossbreeds with other hibiscus. It is actually a small tree, we saw a lovely one at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bishopmuseum.org\/exhibits\/greenwell\/greenwell.html\">Amy Greenwell ethnobotanical garden<\/a> south of Kona.  <\/p>\n<p>A really neat thing about this  garden is that they mimicked the Hawaiian terrain by planting sea level loving plants on the lower part of the garden, and then as you move up the hill, the plantings change to show in a microcosm the ecology of the big Island of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>This 6 x 9&#8243; painting is for sale, $100.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a favorite flower?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the wonderful things about Hawaii was all the beautiful flowers that flourish there year round. The state flower of Hawaii is the yellow Hibiscus. We found, however that we liked the Hibiscus arnottianus much better, it is so striking in contrast and simplicity with its pure white petals and red stamens. 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