I love Flowering plants. Though my terrace garden does not get sunlight for 4-5 months a year (due to the unique position of our apartment) and I am supposed to grow leafy plants, I cannot get over my love for flowers.
I was a big fan of roses for a while. But those roses you get from nurseries are so fussy. Sometimes, they just die in the first two weeks. Sometimes, they live a little longer, but do not flower much.
If they turn out healthy and start producing beautiful new leaves, worms and pests come and eat up the leaves, buds, flowers and whatever else they can get their evil teeth on.
After all my experiments with roses, I have now switched allegiances and moved to Hibiscus.
Here are my reasons:
1. They flower all the time, even if there is less sunlight.
2. They come in beautiful shades like white, yellow, pink, orange, peach, red, maroon, and a mix of colors.
3. When there are pest infestations on new buds or leaves, you can just spray them away with water.
4. Their flowers and leaves have medicinal uses and are exceptionally good for the hair.
4. They are very very pretty.
So I have made my case. If you love flowers like me, and have had enough of fussy flowering plants, I recommend you switch to Hibiscus.
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