What is the name for a flower grown in the southern states on a bush during the summertime that is big?

it changes colors from green to whatever color it will be.

What is the name for a flower grown in the southern states on a bush during the summertime that is big?
hibiscus
Reply:Its a Hydrangea. The flowers start out green then change to either blue or pink depending on pH of the soil. Blue comes from acid soil %26amp; pink from alkaline or neutral. You can make the flowers pink by adding lime to the soil, or blue by adding aluminum sulfate.
Reply:Of the answers-- I think Rose of Sharon or crepe myrtle is the answer-- no other information to help identify the plant-- however the Rose of Sharon is a "old timey" plant-- you'll find it in areas where houses have been cleared for whatever reason-- especially around homesteaders home places. The flower looks like a hollyhock-- just one bloom at a time. It along with iris were two of the plants the pioneer women brought to the new land (Oklahoma) that were tough enough to survive-- providing some beauty to these remarkable women.


The crepe myrtle is the "lilac of the south" -- if not trimmed back in the dormant season, this flowering shrub will grow as tall as the eave of your house, although there is a dwarf version now. Colors range from white thru bright pink and finally a true red. You can trim up the branches (take off small branches from the ground up to where you want the flowers to be-- ) and the bark will peel in places making it interesting year round. Or you can just cut the whole thing back when dormant and get loads of blooms the next summer. The blooms themselves are small and look kinda like crepe paper flowers you made in school.-- hence the name-- but the flowers are all together on the end of the branch-- looking somewhat like a lilac.


Both the rose of sharon and the crepe myrtle have small leaves whereas the hydrangea has much larger leaves. Hydrangea likes mostly shade and crepe myrtle and rose of sharon like full sun.


good luck in your search
Reply:Maybe a hibiscus or magnolia.
Reply:My guess is Bougainvillea.
Reply:not sure the guy above me knows
Reply:the south tends to be know of the huge magnolias.
Reply:hibiscus
Reply:sounds like a Hydrangea.
Reply:Hydrangea
Reply:You might be thinking of Rose of Sharon . . . sometimes these bushes are tree-like, and the flowers range in size and color depending on the variety.
Reply:I think it is a hydrangea or hibiscus.
Reply:hibiscus
Reply:sounds like hydrangea, but it also grows in the states in the middle.