Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...

Pruning hibiscus boosts branching, airflow, and blooms, though it delays flowers slightly. Tropical hibiscus is cut back by one-third in spring; hardy types just need dead stems removed. To shape as a ...

QUESTION: We live on the North Shore. Our hibiscus plants are all brown and denuded from the freezes. If we cut them to the ground, will they come back? When is the best time to do this? Also when is ...

Q. I bought a hibiscus five years ago, and it is about 9 feet tall and needs pruning. When and how should I prune it? It has always bloomed, and I don't want to prune it incorrectly and stop the ...

When plants are moved indoors, insects have a free-for-all, no longer getting dislodged by rainfall or exposed to predators.

Hardy hibiscus can be pruned either in late fall or in late winter to early spring. If you live on the colder side of their hardiness range, then Neimann recommends leaving the stems standing through ...

When temperatures in the mid-20s or lower are predicted, cut back the hibiscuses to help facilitate covering them. If temperatures will go down to 20 degrees or lower, add a heat source under the ...

Question: I have a camellia bush that is about four feet tall and wide and I want to move it to a new location. How do I make the move? Answer: Dig this plant as soon as possible and move it to a new ...

Plants sprout out where the pruning cuts are made — not from lower down. In other words, when you trim back the top you stimulate new growth at the top, not in the lower parts of the vine. Many ...