
I gotta get me a hibiscus this summer, always enjoy them when I see them.View attachment 240583
Seriously slowed fro. Being frozen, moved then frozen again but im back. New beginnings in thw shelves, gonna finish some of the smaller ones outside for a spring chop. They just waste space e and energy on here. The new stuff on the shelves is HBZ and Grimm. After that is a full Ethos round of cherry pie, cherry gar see ya,, punch n pie, mandarin cookies.
Rare to see them in the ground up here. I'm on the edge of zone 4/5, in an area where in a 20-mile line it goes from zone 4b to 6a. I could probably get away in town but out at the property just 5 miles away it's a little different climate.I have quite a few varieties in my yard mixed with rose of sharon. They pull hummingbirds like crazy.



I have a ton of Rose of Sharon pods from last year if interested @Bullfrog.I gotta get me a hibiscus this summer, always enjoy them when I see them.
I want to get one myself. to make soda withI gotta get me a hibiscus this summer, always enjoy them when I see them.
What do you use as a mix? I usually make dense herbal tea from my buddys greenhouse herbs.I want to get one myself. to make soda with![]()
My 1 gallon standard is 2 cups fruit to 1 cup sugar and fill with water, and then 2 fermentations is standard with fruit. I've never made the Hibiscus soda yet, due to not having any, lol, might need a ginger bug first. But here's what it looks like.What do you use as a mix? I usually make dense herbal tea from my buddys greenhouse herbs.

Very kind of you to offer. They're very pretty plants. I did landscape construction for most of my life. Can't count all the Rose of Sharon I pulled out because they don't do well. There are too many deer and rabbits in this area for them to do well unless they're in a fenced off garden. I'm pretty wore down on fighting deer. Seems like everything I like they do too. I know some Nannyberry (Viburnum) I planted last spring have been eaten down this winter because I didn't fence them off. I can't do the fencing every year, maybe now but not forever, need to find stuff they won't eat. Pair the pests with my being on the edge of zone 5, with zone 4 not very far away it's not the best plant for the area.I have a ton of Rose of Sharon pods from last year if interested @Bullfrog.
I was making keifer soda myself for a while a few years ago, loved that stuff, miss it too. My favorite was a lemon ginger soda, so yummy. I bet Hibiscus would be good too.I want to get one myself. to make soda with![]()

Ive made it a few ways. Syrup to add to sparkling g water, fruit fermd with flower and made concentrate tea and mix dried flower, sweetener like honey or raw sugar with hot water. The syrup is the most flavor if you want pure tatse. The others are delish as well.My 1 gallon standard is 2 cups fruit to 1 cup sugar and fill with water, and then 2 fermentations is standard with fruit. I've never made the Hibiscus soda yet, due to not having any, lol, might need a ginger bug first. But here's what it looks like.
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I'd be the most interested in the fermented one similar to thisIve made it a few ways. Syrup to add to sparkling g water, fruit fermd with flower and made concentrate tea and mix dried flower, sweetener like honey or raw sugar with hot water. The syrup is the most flavor if you want pure tatse. The others are delish as well.
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