Will a braided hibiscus survive outside during a MN winter?
Question:We recently purchased a braided hibiscus and planted it outside in the ground near our pond. Will it survive the winter outdoors. Temps get to 20 below at times up here. Will it die off and then come back in the spring? I do not want to have to have to bring it in during the winter months. Any suggestions? Or should I just take it back?
Answers:
You'll need to put hay around the base of the tree, cover that with a layer of crumbly dung and then cover than with mulch.
Bacterial action and the rotting hay will produce a little warmth slowly releasing to protect the root system.
Hibiscus has a hard time with the cold.
Placing a clear plastic bag over it (open and change at least weekly) may help it survive.
great for a sunroom but definately won't suvive those cold temps!
Sorry, hibiscus is a tropical plant and will not survive the MN winter. If you do not bring it inside you will probably lose it. Go to a good garden center that can tell you what plants will survive your winters.
No. Some might survive a light freeze, but definitely nothing on the level of a Minnesota winter.
It won't survive outside, no. After it's first exposure to temperatures below freezing, it's shot.
Best to bring it inside. Expect it to shed most eaves and not look very pretty for the wintering months indoors, but when it goes back out in the spring, it will explode in leaves and flowers after only a few weeks.
No way will it live--a tropical plant. The only hibiscus you can hope to grow there that will winter over is a Confederate Hibiscus, they get very tall and have pink, white or red giant flowers. They die down in the winter you trim back to about a foot and they come back up from the root. Or you can plant Rose of Sharon, also a hibiscus, they are hardy and come in lavender, white, red and pink or white with red centers--bush to tree and they bloom all summer--blossom like a holly hock. Hope this helps--the one you bought is gorgeous but not hardy.
Not a chance! it's a tropical. Keep it well above freezing.
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