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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stunning white hibiscus flower in dappled sunlight, surrounded by green foliage - Lucy Lambriex/Getty Images Tropical Hibiscus ...

Question: Could you give me some guidelines for trimming my hibiscus? It is blooming now. I see that some gardeners like to hedge them like a box, but I would like a more natural look. I appreciate ...

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 ...

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.

Question. My hibiscus plants have grown tall and a bit lanky. Is this a good time to trim hibiscus? Answer. Now is the time you should be enjoying wonderful blooms from hibiscus plants. While it won’t ...

Question: What are the funny-looking white mushrooms that have appeared in my garden after the last rain event? Answer: From your picture they look to be a fungus called False shaggy mane fungus, or ...