{"id":2987,"date":"2026-03-19T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/hollywood-hibiscus-gives-an-island-life-vibe-to-the-garden-bowie-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:40:18","slug":"hollywood-hibiscus-gives-an-island-life-vibe-to-the-garden-bowie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/hollywood-hibiscus-gives-an-island-life-vibe-to-the-garden-bowie-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Hibiscus gives an \u2018island life\u2019 vibe to the garden &#8211; Bowie News &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bowie City Councilors may fill vacancy<br \/>Comprehensive plan workshop on March 23<br \/>Lake day ends in tragedy as father dies trying to save his kids<br \/>Bowie Trustees consider personnel issues, approve contracts<br \/>Bowie Business Boost opens new series<br \/>BISD trustees to consider personnel vacancies<br \/>Bowie ISD losing two administrators<br \/>Bowie Steppers schedule tryouts<br \/>Bowie School Trustees open 2026<br \/>BISD trustees to meet on Jan 19<br \/>Commissioners court to meet on March 23<br \/>Springtime Sip &amp; Stroll on March 20<br \/>Find inspiration in the spring home and garden section<br \/>Bowie Chamber celebrates, presents awards<br \/>Community blood drives planned<br \/>Jacquelyne Figara Hensell<br \/>Cynthia \u201cCindy\u201d Jo (Daffern) Rotruck<br \/>Betty McLain<br \/>James Ervin Brasier<br \/>Sandra Yvonne Ice<br \/>Take sweetness to new heights<br \/>Put the grill to work in 2026<br \/>Beat the winter blues with a childhood classic<br \/>Stop the sniffles with sick day soup<br \/>Savory, Satisfying Ideas for Lunch and Dinner<br \/>Bellevue man takes spot on MMA fight bill<br \/>Three Bowie, one Nocona lifter advance to state<br \/>Bowie track boys compete at Springtown<br \/>Saint Jo baseball plays Muenster<br \/>Bowie baseball plays during spring break<br \/>Jacquelyne Figara Hensell<br \/>Cynthia \u201cCindy\u201d Jo (Daffern) Rotruck<br \/>Betty McLain<br \/>James Ervin Brasier<br \/>Sandra Yvonne Ice<br \/>Rockin&#8217; It: Residents embracing &#8216;nice&#8217; rock phenomenon<br \/>Summer food program available for children<br \/>Country music star children perform in Bowie<br \/>&#8216;Moana&#8217; surfs in for outdoor flick<br \/>Bowie finally earns &#8216;World&#8217;s Largest Bowie Knife&#8221; record from Guinness<br \/>Weather delays<br \/>Governor sends resources to border<br \/>Bowie City Council argues if rate ordinance &#8216;revenue neutral&#8217;<br \/>Bowie Council to have second reading of rate ordinances Tuesday<br \/>BBB campaign wins first for community service<br \/>Look back at 2008-2009 Bowie girls basketball team<br \/>Looking back at pre-season expectations for 2017-2018 Bowie boys basketball<br \/>Looking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News<br \/>Looking back 10 years<br \/>Bowie football 50 years ago<br \/>Published<br \/>on<br \/>By<br \/>Zone 8 gardeners may feel a little timid when it comes to growing tropical hibiscus. That is somewhat understandable, but like I wrote about creating a hydrangea heaven your hibiscus&#8217;s dazzle may come from the partnerships you choose.<br \/>This will be my third year growing four selections of the Hollywood Hibiscus series. The series now totals 14 if you can believe it. The series and the fact it\u2019s under the Proven Winners logo, will open the door for gardeners to choose the hibiscus that fits their color palette and motif.<br \/>What I mean is hibiscus shopping has always been kind of potluck or limited by what the retailer can get or has in stock.<br \/>Read the full Garden Guy column in the Thursday Bowie News. <br \/>ColorBlaze coleus colors your garden<br \/><span id=\"email-notes\">Your email address will not be published.<\/span> <span class=\"required-field-message\">Required fields are marked <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/span><br \/><label for=\"comment\">Comment <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <textarea id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"65525\" required=\"required\"><\/textarea><br \/><label for=\"author\">Name <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"author\" name=\"author\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"245\" autocomplete=\"name\" required=\"required\" \/><br \/><label for=\"email\">Email <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"100\" aria-describedby=\"email-notes\" autocomplete=\"email\" required=\"required\" \/><br \/><label for=\"url\">Website<\/label> <input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"200\" autocomplete=\"url\" \/><br \/><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" id=\"submit\" class=\"submit\" value=\"Post Comment\" \/> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='85375' id='comment_post_ID' \/> <input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' \/> <br \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"cbd4c4745d\" \/><br \/><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"ak_js\" value=\"222\"\/><script>document.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );<\/script><br \/>Published<br \/>on<br \/>By<br \/>It&#8217;s Lime Time.<br \/>Lime Time is a ColorBlaze coleus selection that has proven itself, earning Perfect Score and Top Performer awards from north to south. This will be the easiest plant to grow, offering the most riveting color you can add to your landscape beds.<br \/>The Garden Guy challenges you to find another color that clashes with ColorBlaze Lime Time coleus. In fact, Lime Time will make all colors and plants more beautiful than you ever imagined. What your friends and family will really think is that the coleus is the main feature and the partners were simply added on.<br \/>Lime Time has the ability to add needed pizzazz to hibiscus, hydrangeas Hawaiian Ti plants and more than I want to list.<br \/>Read the full Garden Guy column in your Thursday Bowie News. <br \/>Published<br \/>on<br \/>By<br \/>The Garden Guy received quite a few comments and messages from a recent Facebook post picturing a Let\u2019s Dance Sky View hydrangea in partnership with a Pyromania Backdraft red hot poker or torch lily.<br \/>This prompted me to ask Google to show me photos of hydrangea partnerships or combinations in the landscape. The results brought back old memories.<br \/>Your humble Garden Guy is a former director of the American Rose Society and its Gardens of the American Rose Center in Shreveport, LA. It wasn\u2019t long after I was there I asked some rosarian about rose bush companions.<br \/>A puzzled look came on his face. I soon realized the companions were more roses.<br \/>It seems after consulting Google that the hydrangea issue pf partnerships was indeed more hydrangeas. The difference is that in the rose scenario it is lining up 250 roses in rows like marching soldiers. I assure you these gardens were spectacular.<br \/>Read the full Garden Guy story in your Thursday Bowie News. <\/p>\n<p>Published<br \/>on<br \/>By<br \/>The Garden Guy makes it his charge to keep up with producers from Texas to New York keeping my fingers on what is happening regarding hot new flowers and creative recipes for baskets, containers and landscape designs. One of my favorites is Rowe Farms in Jacksonville, TX.<br \/>Rowe Farms always starts off their posts saying, \u201cFeeling Blessed,\u201d which rubs off on their followers fairly quickly. They have a great habit of showing what\u2019s headed out on the trucks including the city and state destination. It\u2019s kind of like showing a T-bone steak to a hungry cowboy, or the Garden Guy!<br \/>A recent post showed what was headed to Houston: A Proven Winners\u2019 recipe called Prime Time was front and center making my heart race.<br \/>Read the full column in your Thursday Bowie News. <br \/>Suspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder<br \/>2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona<br \/>SO investigating possible murder\/suicide<br \/>Wreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16<br \/>Murder unsolved &#8211; 1 year later Tia Hutson&#8217;s family angry, frustrated with no arrest<br \/>Sheriff&#8217;s office called out to infant&#8217;s death<br \/>Country music star children perform in Bowie<br \/>Looking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2022 Post Oak Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQSW9pbll0U3dUVFR6dmRRcFFzT1d4TnpWTzVXdFBScktuWjNZdlFLNWU0LThHaUpKbFZhQlVodGxhQzR4c3Z6UURTSUhDaHhPR3FLUWFkSzk1Q1lUTHhZR0U0azdoZm9ENTdjdEpvUnBLMzBCakRiWWt1MTZ6eVJ6d2FCcFZpUXlpVUhPNVBMOFNPM1JrZWhqbG5HZw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowie City Councilors may fill vacancyComprehensive plan workshop on March 23Lake day ends in tragedy as father dies trying to save his kidsBowie Trustees consider personnel issues, approve contractsBowie Business Boost opens new seriesBISD trustees to consider personnel vacanciesBowie ISD losing two administratorsBowie Steppers schedule tryoutsBowie School Trustees open 2026BISD trustees to meet on Jan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}