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 is essential to routine hibiscus care—it ensures that the plant produces the large, stunning flowers that make hibiscus one of the most beautiful flowering shrubs you can grow. More than 200 ...

A stunning white hibiscus flower in dappled sunlight, surrounded by green foliage - Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus, H. moscheutos, H. coccineus) is a stunning ...

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about treating a maple tree that's shedding leaves, pruning a hibiscus before bringing it indoors, and how to get an African violet to bloom again. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a beautiful hibiscus bush in your yard, it makes sense that you want to give it some TLC in order for it to thrive ...

Pruning decisions should be based on local weather and plant dormancy, not the calendar. Identify if a shrub blooms on old or new wood to determine the correct pruning time. Shrubs that bloom on new ...

Gardeners cut back perennials in the fall to tidy up their yards, prevent problems with overwintering diseases and pests, and make it easy for new growth to emerge in the spring. But some plants ...

Recent freezes have resulted in many people questioning whether to prune or not to prune cold-damaged plants. The short answer is — wait. We’ve just had a run of freezing temperatures, but winter’s ...

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 ...