Hibiscus Pink Teacups Dianthus Musa velutina was our first

Musa velutina was our first introduction to hardy bananas and is still a favorite in our summer garden

After a couple of years

they are topped with 6' tall stalks of blue-violet

glaucous green foliage is also on the giant side compared to most crinum lilies

Hibiscus Pink Teacups Dianthus Musa velutina was our firstHibiscus 'Pink Teacups', a 2019 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is one of those lovely surprises that becomes a game changing perennial. In 2014, we visited plantsman Rick Lewandowski at Shangri La Botanical Gardens in southeast Texas. Rick was kind enough to share seed from a patch of dormant hibiscus, whose foliage appeared to be a hybrid swarm of Hibiscus coccineus and Hibiscus laevis. The gem of the resultant seed crop was an 8' tall specimen