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Kentucky Color: Standing up for the Real Rose of Sharon

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The next earlier Kentucky Color: Kentucky Color: Rose of Sharon, indeed

By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester
Kentucky Department of Forestry

I once again want to stand up for "The Real Rose of Sharon" - the Great Wooded South variety. No Hibiscus, Rose of Sharon impostors to be found at The Old Bryant Farm Brush Arbor Meeting Place and Hadley's Wedding Chapel on Hwy 704. -Billy Joe Fudge




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Kentucky Color: Real Rose of Sharon at Old Bryant Place



2011-07-22 - 7257 Fairplay RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge.
The Real Deal, the real Rose of Sharon, can be seen in this grand display between Fairplay RD/KY 704, left, and the Old Bryant Place/Hadley Wedding Chapel. B.J. Fudge, who refuses to call the other one anything but a hibiscus, which is what it is - and a Korean import to boot - concedes that the Real Rose of Sharon doesn't generally make the one time full cover of blossoms which the faux one does, but he contends that this is prettier, especially individual flower vs individual flower.

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Real GWS Rose of Sharon: Prettier than tulip



2011-07-22 - 7257 Fairplay RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge.
The GWS Rose of Sharon preparing to open center, is prettier than a tulip. The bud,upper right, is prettier than a rosebud.

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Kentucky Color: Rose of Sharon in full glory



2011-07-22 - 7257 Fairplay RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge.
Beautiful GWS Rose of Sharon blossom in full glory. Readers who have seen the signs in Billy Joe Fudge before know his mannerisms and writing are similar to the behavior he exhibited before he named it the Old Timey Pear Tree to be the National Fruit Tree of Adair County. Could this photo be a statement for another National Adair County designation? -CM

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