I'm currently reading Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and decided to explore the title a little.
First things first, what the heck is a hibiscus? As much as I love flowers, a flower is just a flower is just a flower. I think roses and sunflowers are the only flowers I know by both name and sight.
THIS is a hibisbus:
What's really great about these flowers? There are a bunch of varieties and each one is equally pretty with an equally funky name!
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| "Blue River II" Hibiscus - So badass that she killed off numero uno into extinction! |
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| Fiiiiiirebaaalll! Hibiscus |
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| "Hibiscus Makinoi," named for Tomitaro Makino who was a 20th century Japanese botanist known for his taxonomic work. A fancy word to say that he named stuff, specifically plants, including this one I guess. |
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| "Lord Baltimore" Hibisbus. I think this was originally named by a Potter fan, but since he-who-cannot-be-named cannot be named, they had to change the name of this beautiful flower to "Lord Baltimore." Yup, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! |
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| "Luna Pink Swirl" Hibiscus. I love love lovelovelove this! I even made it bigger on purpose because it's my blog and I can do that. Love the name of the flower and it's such a gorgeous, delicate shade of pink. |
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| "Strawberry Swirl" Hibiscus! I love this one too! |
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| "Scarlot Rose" Hibiscus. Absolutely gooorrrgeous! |
The answer is that they do! And they're freaking stunning!
Beautiful aren't they?
That's all for now. Look forward to my review of Purple Hibiscus soon.
Laters Gators,
Fatuma
Sources:
http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/hibiscus/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomitaro_Makino
http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/go/8304/
Images:
http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2007/10/22/Kell/51db17.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2814423636_c5a0ef631e.jpg
http://www.fancyhibiscus.com/images/Black_Beauty2.jpg
http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/hibiscus/
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