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All things growing in the Garden>2018 Portmarnock Garden>Whats growing in Portmarnock

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Hibiscus---REMOVED

HIBISCUS - WHITE DOUBLE
There is a small (3plant) hedge of white Hibiscus by the front driveway, limbs covered in some lichen? type of growth.  1st year they hardly had a flower with sparse leaves.  We were going to remove them but for whatever reason, I fertilised them with complete organic fertiliser and sprayed them heavily with home made white oil 3 times over a period.  The foliage is now promising to be thick and buds are forming- it has been suggested that round up could have been the problem, spraying the 'pebble mulch' to rid the weeds.
Removed by Greg in 2019
2 mock orange or Murraya Paniculata were planted to join with the other orange jasmine to fill in the hedge




HIBISCUS - RED SINGLE
This plant is a great privacy screen for the spare bedroom.
1st year it was leggy, disease ridden with mossy stems.  Gave it a quick go over with white oil which seemed to make a bit of a difference.

10-9-18  Greg pruned by 20%, cleared growth from middle, removed growth from bottom of plant.  Removed plants from base of Hibiscus but left the Bromiliads that are further away from the trunk.
10-9-18  Fertilised with Organic fertiliser, watered in well
10-9-18  Completely sprayed with 2 x 500mls home made white oil.
new growth is emerging. 


There were many attempts to re-juvinate both the white and red Hibiscus, but they were always ratty and leggy, and diseased.  Red removed by Dave in 2019

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