[uujudy]

My hibiscus (hibiscuses? hibisci?) were severely damaged by frost last winter, so I thought they were gone for good. The fertilizer guy came around mid-April, and said not to cut them down until mid-March, so of course we lopped off the dead wood at the beginning of March. (The plants looked so ugly!) One peach-colored hibiscus is blooming its little heart out, others are nice and bushy but no blossoms, and one will probably have to be replaced.

Thanks for the stick-in-the-ground tip, mulligan. I'll give it a try!