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Originally Posted by graciegirl
We planted four Hibiscus last year. One nearly died during the cold spell, one is big and bushy with lots of leaves, not many flowers and something is eating holes in the leaves and it has yellow leaves. The other two are blooming their hearts out, nothing eating them. The two that are blooming best are in the same general location.
I wish that someone could guide me here. They are such beautiful flowers. We enjoy them so much. What am I not doing with the floundering ones?
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I've learned to read before buying anything-including garden stuff. I too have noticed the hybiscus flowers at the brownwood farmers market etc and decided to read before buying. We are in zone 9 they are hearty zone 4-9-at least the hearty varieties so it not likely that yours died from the cold. They do die back to the ground and return from the roots..It is possible you dug out the roots or your gardener did. Also, they need a lot of water.
We are all stubborn. If, a plant is not happy where we want it, you can perhaps improve where you want to plant it or find another plant that is attractive and will be happy where you want to fill. RE: insects. Sounds crazy but I've read that insects will attack plants that are not growing well due to other reasons.