Hibiscus plants brighten up gardens with their big, colorful flowers that herald summer. Correct pruning of hibiscus is crucial for maximizing the vibrant blooms in late summer and into fall. To begin ...

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 year after year. Pruning is an important part of plant care and allows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blooming hibiscus shaped as a tree in a garden - Ioanna_alexa/Getty Images Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with ...

No other summer flowering shrub surpasses the tropical hibiscus for glossy, dark green foliage and nonstop flowers in red, pink, yellow, orange, white, lavender or even brown and gray. And the ...

My hibiscus plants have become too large for the area that they are planted in. Can I prune them now? Also what can you tell me about the dwarf hibiscus that I've seen at some nurseries? Pruning may ...

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 ...

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 ...

What should I do to improve the growth of the ornamental hibiscus tree that I purchased a couple of years ago? I have been keeping it inside over winter and then putting it outside for the summer.

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: ...

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 ...

Q: Two years ago I moved ''dwarf'' hibiscus from my planter box to the garden. I hate cutting anything that's growing and blooming, but these could stand some pruning. Any suggestions as to how and ...