I have a hibiscus under the eve of the house. It has gotten very leggy.?
Question:I live in Central Florida. The Hibiscus has just gone crazy this growing season. I need to know if I can trim it back without doing harm to the plant. I know I will not get as many flowers but I am willing to make this sacrifice.
Answers:
If you want your hibiscus to thrive and get a lot of flowers on it, you HAVE TO prune the leggy growth back hard to the second or third set of leaves from the trunk. New branches will grow from the stubs and get flowers.
If you just leave it, he longer the leggy growth gets, the fewer flowers you will have.
Is it trying to reach more sun? Why not move it rather than trimming it back.
If you trim it back, you will have MORE flowers, not fewer.
Go ahead and trim the plant. You will find that you'll get numerous new shoots below the cut, resulting in many more (but, possibly smaller) flowers, and will generally help the health of the plant.
I'm wondering, too, if it needs to be moved away from the eves a bit.
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