SUBSTANTIAL TREASURE 2016 R. NORRIS SF

SUBSTANTIAL TREASURE (seedling 11-37) 7 1/2" DOR 31" EM (EVIDENCE OF ROYALTY X MARTHA EDSON NORRIS) This introduction which ranges from 9 1/2" in diameter down to 8" when the season progresses. It is the finest face we have seen whether our introduction or any other. The flower is so large and so imposing in the garden that it simply demands you look. We have looked to this plant as the doorway to our goal of a hibiscus formed flower in the 10" to 12" range. It is simply so close that we can't go by it without spending time just looking. Oh so sadly, it is entirely infertile both ways. If it were fertile the price would be in the 500 dollar range. It is that far forward in our program. However the infertility makes us price it at a much lower level. Gardeners and collectors all over will enjoy it as a paragon in the garden. Nothing else comes close. We hope to bloom others which will eclipse it but that has not happened yet. For the time being, we will just continue to enjoy the plant and trust that you will too. The color is a lighter red purple. The image on the left is more representative of the color. The color changes to an antique rose as the day progresses. The plants are strong, clean and vigorous. Our bud count of 18 does not reflect the presence of three unfulfilled bracts that may give more buds and branching under good cultivation. We have only grown SUBSTANTIAL TREASURE under mediocre cultivation so can only suspect what it will do when pampered aBIT.