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Due to the Fall weather cooling down too much to leave the hibiscus out on the deck, they all were moved inside to our Solar Room yesterday. To my surprise, this "new" bloom then greeted me the next morning. This is one of the new 2021 "mail order" starter plants that I bought in the Spring https://pbase.com/britestar/image/171600392

I've never before seen another hibiscus with color just like this one.

From the hybridizer: "'Lilac Wine' is a new purple from the HVH hybridizing program. The 4-6" flower was not large enough for us to get excited about at first, and 'Lilac Wine' nearly ended up in the compost bin. But even as a little 4" baby plant it bloomed so prolifically and so insistently that it kept catching our eye, and what most caught our eye was the color. Purples and blues in hibiscus tend to veer toward either gray or pink. True and varied shades of blues and purples are unusual. The flowers of 'Lilac Wine' kept blooming and blooming, changing colors, but every color was some beautiful shade of lilac. We were so intrigued that Cindy took the seedling plant home to watch, and in her living room, in the course of 2-3 days, each flower went through several transformations of different shades of lilac. This is not a large spectacular flower, but if purple is a color you love, then 'Lilac Wine' may capture your heart too. The bush is pretty, upright, easy to grow, and a good bloomer. Released from HVH in 2010. Hybridizer: C. Black"

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"Lilac wine
...Is sweet and heady
Like my love
I feel unsteady
Where's my love?

Listen to me
Why is everything so hazy?
Isn't that she
Or am I just going crazy?

Lilac wine
I feel
Unready for my love"

Lyrics by James H. Shelton
1930’s Broadway actor, composer, writer:
best known for his song “Lilac Wine” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_Wine