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 ...

Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus, H. moscheutos, H. coccineus) is a stunning perennial flowering shrub that can grow in hardiness zones 5 through 9 (USDA). There's a wide range of colorful ...

Q.: My hibiscus dies off in the fall and grows back from the roots each spring to about 8 feet tall and with 50 to 60 blossoms. Can it be trimmed to produce a lower height without damaging the new ...

Q: I have a hibiscus in a 20-inch clay pot with wrinkled flower buds, small leaves and leggy stems. The hibiscus gets filtered light on my south-facing patio and gets hand-watered every other day. A: ...

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 ...

Few plants bring the tropical feel like a hibiscus. They are planted in tropical climates across the world and are the state flower of Hawaii. That's why it may come as a surprise that some, like the ...

Though they both produce beautiful flowers, there's a difference between hardy and tropical hibiscus plants and how you should prepare them for the winter. While hardy plants can handle winter ...

There are hundreds of types of hibiscus with sizes and colors so varied it would take a lifetime to collect them all. The name of this gorgeous flowering plant comes from the ancient Greek word ...