Grab a clean pair of pruners and cut away any dead, damaged, or diseased wood on any type of hibiscus at any time of year.

Pruning hibiscus boosts branching, airflow, and blooms, though it delays flowers slightly. Tropical hibiscus is cut back by one-third in spring; hardy types just need dead stems removed. To shape as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Neil: I have a lovely pink hibiscus that has, after five years, become unruly. When can it be trimmed and reshaped? A: Obviously, it hasn’t been exposed to any hard freezes, perhaps because you ...

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 ...

Question: Many have inquired about their hibiscus that due to a mild winter are still in bloom but overgrown. When is the time to do needed pruning? Answer: Use these lingering winter days to do ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spring in Colorado is grand if you’re OK with switching between a heavy jacket and a tank top. We never complain about spring rain or even snow since all ...