What are the pods at the top of my "Rose of Sharon" bush?

Can I plant those? Should I break the seeds out before planting? I want more plants.

What are the pods at the top of my "Rose of Sharon" bush?
This fall trim all of those seed pods off of your trees, they will not bloom if you leave those seed pods on. You can take a big plastic soda bottle and cut the bottom out of it, break your seed pods and work up


some soil and put the seeds on top of the


soil and screw the soda bottle down around your seeds, keep the cap on the bottle and take it off and give a shot of water, in the spring you will have a bunch of little trees, I grew many In Idaho and North Carolina and I never had trouble with the colors changing.


You can also take a branch cutting and poke it in the ground in the fall (no seeds) and it will grow in the spring, trim back all the leaves from the area you stick in the ground. ;0)
Reply:You can indeed plant the seeds, and you should open the pods before planting them. Put them in a pot of good quality potting soil, rather than dirt from a flower bed, so as to minimize potential problems from soil-borne disease. Ideally, they should be in a greenhouse for a year, but if you live in a humid area, they can handle being outdoors earlier.
Reply:They are pods at the top of your "Rose of Sharon" bush.
Reply:THEY ARE BUDS FOR NEXT YEARS FLOWERS.iF YOU LOOK AT THE GROUND AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE OR BUSH, YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF SMALL SEEDLINGS GROWING , THESE ARE WHAT YOU WANT TO TRANSPLANT
Reply:Could be seed pods. most likely! what shape are they?
Reply:They are seeds--If you plant them or just leave them --you will have many more rose of Sharon trees-- believe me!!! They multiply profusely. A word about the color--- When you plant the seeds or they just come up naturally from seeds --they will not be the same as the color of the one they came from--- Seeds will go back to the parent color or gene--like children from their parents ancestors-- You will get a different color than what you started with --unless you have the dominant old fashion one to begin with which is usually Purple. I had to plant my Rose of Sharon (ALTHEA) bush in the lower corner of my yard because it has so many babies and spreads over the whole yard. It is an invasive plant--beautiful if kept in bounds-- Mine is a double pink one that looks like pink carnations. Enjoy!!!