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The downside to having a Rose of Sharon
(lemmy.world)
Pros:
- Massive quantities of flowers for about 3 months
- Bees love the blooms
- The plant doesn't need any care to thrive
- We've transplanted a few of the seedlings. They're true to their parent in terms of color, but the parents seems like a double bloom and the children seem like single bloom
- If you want a hedge, this seems like a good option
Cons:
- Seeds! So many seeds. Each of its hundreds (thousands?) of flowers will produce 10+ seeds. They all don't germinate, but it's a numbers game. If you want to avoid pulling volunteers up you're best off pulling the seed pods off the plant before they open on their own
I pulled ~2 gallons of seed pods off a week prior to this picture. My wife dumped them in the compost, so no epic 5+ gallon photo 😭
You could possibly sell them if you let them seed and dry out.
I can't imagine they're worth much, but if you want some I'll ship them your way. Ditto for cana lilies - we have a bumper crop this year.
I see people selling seeds on places like etsy all the time. Problem is you'll have to let them mature to sell them, which would inevitably be more getting in the yard and germinating.