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Old 11-29-2008, 10:57 AM
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I'm guessing it might be a little dry.

I was doing some research on hibiscus a few weeks ago before our 1st threat of frost as I have a 6 footer on the northwest corner of my house. Last year it got nipped by frost and it took all summer for recovery to where it's blooming nice now. I wanted to know when's a good time to prune to make covering it managable. Well I missed the prunning time and the website I was reading strongly suggested NOT prunning before a cold spell.

ANYWAY one thing I saw in my reading was that they like low wet spots which gave me pause because my bush is high and next to the house (not terribly wet) but I guess the sprinkler gets it often enough.

Just do a google search on 'hibiscus' and you should find everything you need.