What a great tutorial so helpful. My plants were getting tall and stringy. Now I know how to take care of them and keep them manageable. Thanks for talking in simple terms and explaining not just how, but also why. Great tutorial.
I have an indoor Hibiscus tree I bought in 2009. It stopped blooming after I over-pruned it the first time. It's been 11 years and not one single flower. I even had thoughts of maybe getting rid it soon because it is about 5 ft and takes up a lot of room. Well, lo and behold...I found 3 buds this week, one of which is about to flower! Will wonders ever cease!🥰🙌🌺 Your video is helpful, I will prune with more care from now on. Thank-you.💚
Thank you! We just bought a house with three hibiscus bushes. I love the flower but the bushes are very tall and sparse with lots of dead woody stems throughout and was unsure of how to maintain.
Now I remember, THIS video was how I found your gardening channel! Not the tomatoe one. But this is how I was suggested that one, which I also loved. But, now to the point. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST HIBISCUS VIDEO I’ve come across here on TH-cam. This deserves to be the top suggestion. Great content! 👍🏼👌🏼✨👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Thank you for this informative video! I live in Houston and had hibiscus planted last April. They are so tall and leggy. I want them to be full and compact full of blooms.
Thank you for the help , mines in a giant flower pot in Arkansas and has 9 flower blooming at the moment. I want to prune back soon . My bush is 11 years old . Was given from a friend dying of cancer
o used to grow tropical hibiscus when I was living in Singapore. When mine became infested with scale insects, I cut them right back to a stump. Sprayed everything and kept removing the leaves until I had sprayed about five times, first using a white oil spray (home-made, using 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, half a teaspoon of Dawn dish soap, in two liters of water.) then, a couple of days later, after allowing the insects to dry and die out, I gave the whole thing a rinse with the spray of a hose, then another spray using vinegar in water, to help dissolve the remains of any pest insect debris. After I was sure that all of the scale insects were gone, I fertilized them and by month three, you couldn’t even tell that they’d been cut back at all, let alone to a stump!
Thanks for great info! I am trimming the hibiscus on my patio to take their place in my front yard as focal point plants. Now, I think I can make them beautiful.
I know this video is from 4 years ago but that hibiscus looks exactly like mine. I've literally butchered mine and got bitten three times by a bee or wasp I'm not sure which. Thanks so much for your video it gave me confidence to cut my hibiscus right back, much appreciated 😊
I just got my first hibiscus plant last night. It's more like a tree. I got it home, repotted it, watered it, and this morning it's all wilted. I killed it already! Then I read that each bloom only lasts a day (no I didn't research before I bought). Thanks for your video. Liked and subscribed. Can't wait to learn more!
Sandra Arnold hi. So no worries. Hibiscus 🌺 are a very hardy, beautiful and grateful plant. Just water it and give it love. I too used to think 🤔 and was even told not to touch plants 🌱 cause I kill them. I now have 7ft hibiscus 🌺 and they are beautiful. So, keep up your hobbies and the hibiscus will reward you.
It may have been hardy hibiscus! Sometimes nurserys raise them under screens so you have to be supee careful when you bring it home! Probably just got shocked. Happened plenty to me
Very helpful! Thanks. We bought our home near Mazatlan and there are 4 hibiscus that are out of control and I'm putting in several new hibiscus as well. This video is "one stop shopping" on how to prune these beautiful plants.
Thank you so much for the info! I have a bush in front of my porch that has survived two termite tentings, numerous "cold" snaps, droughts, root disruptions, painting, etc. and it just keeps growing. Every year, in mid to late November, it gets cut down almost bare. I do that so my porch Christmas decorations can be seen. Within a few weeks, it is growing out again. Right now, mid-May, I have a beautiful, healthy, bloom-busting bush. Now, I have to coax a couple of others that are just a few long skinny stems with beautiful flowers on the ends back into bushes. At least I now know that it isn't a coincidence that the front bush stays beautiful and full of blooms. (I always wondered.)
Thank you. Good information. I don't have one but my son had 2 that he "winters" indoors. He mentioned they were losing leaves.😮 So here I am! Researching on utube!
So much helpful information in this video. Thank you for thoroughly explaining proper pruning technique for Hibiscus so I can keep my plants looking sexy!
I do the same thing with my huge hibiscus such as grows like a weed almost every year turning to tree.. they get very tall and wide well they over a decade old actually doing this almost every year gonna do this over the weekend, and I have 20 of them along down my driveway.. only think I have major problem around the summer is aphas and white flies, spray and everything then come back week after sick of it
I live in an apartment complex, and have a nice hibiscus plant just outside my screened in verandah. The lawn maintenance people maintain it by waiting until the plant has numerous beautiful blooms on it- then taking their electric trimmer they make certain to cut off all the blooms so they drop to the ground and die. And the plant produces no more flowers. I always thought the point of having a beautiful hibiscus plant is to enjoy the flowers that bloom. They believe it should just be a plain green plant.
I have a TH growing in a pot that I over winter in my house ( I live in Cleveland Ohio. It blooms all winter and hardly at all during the summer. It is also getting way too large for the pot. Can you tell me when and how to prune it so I can maintain a smaller size suitable for the pot and also how to get it’s bloom cycle back into the summer?
Your video was very helpful. I do have a question though. I have a 5 1/2 year old tropical hibiscus I bring inside every fall. It's so huge now (my not knowing when and how to prune) it's really too big for the area I need to place it in. It's mid-September, zone 7b. I really need to do a hard prune but don't want to kill it. What do you suggest?
Do Hibiscus grow more than one "trunk" over time ? Like a Crape Myrtle can have one trunk (if trimmed that way) but around the trunk , other stems/trunks will grow from the roots
Great 👍 video. And trust me I’ve seen plenty. Yours is perfect and actually teaches us properly the do’s and don’ts of it all. I will follow your instructions. Loved the video b
Good tips Thanks. My question is I live in El Paso is our heat & sun too hot for a hibiscus? I have my one under my patio in a container. It gets some sun & I will put in some banana peels.
I have a lot in full sun and some with medium sun and they love it. Definitely try out different spots for yours but pay extra attention while doing this so you don’t kill it off 🙂🙂
I live in a cold winter climate area ie. Toronto Ontario. I want to bring my tropical hybiscus plants indoors for the winter i.e. in the garage and encourage the plants to become dormant. What do I need to do to achieve this and have healthy plants that are ready to transplant back into the garden in the Spring? Thanks Paul Tomlinson
My hibiscus leaves are all drying..before it was very beautiful and their blooming too but now 😔 May be i have transplant it ..do you think thats why is drying..please help what to do..
My plants are kept outside where we average 10 to 15 inches of snow every year. They never grow out from last years growth so I cut them all the way back to the ground every September. They bloom prolifically in early August and are done by the 20th. of the three colors I have, the pinks are coming back less every year.
We have several young hibiscus plants in Florida at a house we bought. they are only couple of years old. but they have gotten tall. our lawn guy was trying to sell us shrub maintenance and was saying they should be cut back. but i noticed in this video you mentioned that plants under 5 years old dont need any pruning? would you recommend anything at this point for maintenance on these?
Do you have any recommendations for battling beetles? Last year, a swarm of Biblical proportions descended upon my hibiscus and mowed about 10 of them to the wood in just a couple of days. (They literally ignored every other thing in the yard), and insecticide didn't seem to phase them.
Great video. Very informative. My hibiscus have only mealy bug problem. I tried many methods It comes again & again. What to do . I am from India It very hot here
I just recently bought the plants... they’re small... I have transferred them into a medimum sized pot.... just wanted to know how often I should water them and how to take care of them
I have an about 10 yr old Hibiscus. I have never cut it. Now it has over 7 branches, growing vertical that are getting TOO Tall and I have tall ceilings. What do do you recommend? Everything I find is about pruning from the beginning. I never did. Now What?!
Hello California garden will u not give any fertilizer after pruning the hibiscus plant. In which month should I prune my all hibiscus. plants in Dubai. Here temp. Is 40to42°c. This is August.
malay chakraborty I only fertilize established hibiscus if they look like they need it (like yellowing leaves.) Younger hibiscus can use more frequent feeding. I cut mine back in March or April for a hard prune and little by little throughout the summer months.
He made a video four months later showing what it looked like. Sorry I don’t know how to link videos but you can find it quite easily if you scroll back in date order.
I came for the hibiscus information but stayed for the nice gentleman.
Very clear information. Thank you
Excellent. Well scripted and edited. And no obtrusive background music! Thank you.
Best hibiscus pruning video I have seen to date! We live in Minnesota and the Hibiscus come in the house in fall and back outside in spring.
Just moved to a house with a very large hibiscus shaped like a box and only 2 flowers! Thanks to you I now know what I need to do - thank you so much.
What a great tutorial so helpful. My plants were getting tall and stringy. Now I know how to take care of them and keep them manageable. Thanks for talking in simple terms and explaining not just how, but also why. Great tutorial.
Thank you Andrew! I'm so glad I could help.
Thank you....good info.!!
I have an indoor Hibiscus tree I bought in 2009. It stopped blooming after I over-pruned it the first time. It's been 11 years and not one single flower. I even had thoughts of maybe getting rid it soon because it is about 5 ft and takes up a lot of room. Well, lo and behold...I found 3 buds this week, one of which is about to flower! Will wonders ever cease!🥰🙌🌺 Your video is helpful, I will prune with more care from now on. Thank-you.💚
Thank you! We just bought a house with three hibiscus bushes. I love the flower but the bushes are very tall and sparse with lots of dead woody stems throughout and was unsure of how to maintain.
I can't wait to get out in this Florida morning and start trimming, remembering and following this gentleman's instructions! Thank you!
Now I remember, THIS video was how I found your gardening channel! Not the tomatoe one. But this is how I was suggested that one, which I also loved.
But, now to the point. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST HIBISCUS VIDEO I’ve come across here on TH-cam. This deserves to be the top suggestion. Great content! 👍🏼👌🏼✨👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Thank you for this informative video! I live in Houston and had hibiscus planted last April. They are so tall and leggy. I want them to be full and compact full of blooms.
Thank you for the help , mines in a giant flower pot in Arkansas and has 9 flower blooming at the moment. I want to prune back soon . My bush is 11 years old . Was given from a friend dying of cancer
Enjoyed your talk.My Hibiscus Tropical tree is inside now . It has 4 beautiful big blooms on it. I water it approx once a week
o used to grow tropical hibiscus when I was living in Singapore. When mine became infested with scale insects, I cut them right back to a stump. Sprayed everything and kept removing the leaves until I had sprayed about five times, first using a white oil spray (home-made, using 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, half a teaspoon of Dawn dish soap, in two liters of water.) then, a couple of days later, after allowing the insects to dry and die out, I gave the whole thing a rinse with the spray of a hose, then another spray using vinegar in water, to help dissolve the remains of any pest insect debris. After I was sure that all of the scale insects were gone, I fertilized them and by month three, you couldn’t even tell that they’d been cut back at all, let alone to a stump!
Thanks for great info! I am trimming the hibiscus on my patio to take their place in my front yard as focal point plants. Now, I think I can make them beautiful.
I know this video is from 4 years ago but that hibiscus looks exactly like mine. I've literally butchered mine and got bitten three times by a bee or wasp I'm not sure which. Thanks so much for your video it gave me confidence to cut my hibiscus right back, much appreciated 😊
Thank you so much for your good information on how to prune. Live in Florida and good to know I'm still able to prune. 👏👏🌺🌺❤
I just got my first hibiscus plant last night. It's more like a tree. I got it home, repotted it, watered it, and this morning it's all wilted. I killed it already! Then I read that each bloom only lasts a day (no I didn't research before I bought).
Thanks for your video. Liked and subscribed. Can't wait to learn more!
Sandra Arnold hi. So no worries. Hibiscus 🌺 are a very hardy, beautiful and grateful plant. Just water it and give it love. I too used to think 🤔 and was even told not to touch plants 🌱 cause I kill them. I now have 7ft hibiscus 🌺 and they are beautiful. So, keep up your hobbies and the hibiscus will reward you.
😂😂😂 I was like why are all the blooms vanishing?? Had no idea they were short lived!
LOL you're not the only one😉
It may have been hardy hibiscus! Sometimes nurserys raise them under screens so you have to be supee careful when you bring it home! Probably just got shocked. Happened plenty to me
@@NextLevelGardeningI have a braided hibiscus tree, first year, do I prune it the same?
Thank you so much! You solved my problem and I was was trying to figure out why my plants didn’t have very many flowers 🌺
I’m just discovering your channel. I’ll be so much better at keeping my Hibiscus happy now. Great video and explanations!
That was a good experience with the pruning licked it THANKS
Very helpful! Thanks. We bought our home near Mazatlan and there are 4 hibiscus that are out of control and I'm putting in several new hibiscus as well. This video is "one stop shopping" on how to prune these beautiful plants.
Thank you so much for the info! I have a bush in front of my porch that has survived two termite tentings, numerous "cold" snaps, droughts, root disruptions, painting, etc. and it just keeps growing. Every year, in mid to late November, it gets cut down almost bare. I do that so my porch Christmas decorations can be seen. Within a few weeks, it is growing out again. Right now, mid-May, I have a beautiful, healthy, bloom-busting bush. Now, I have to coax a couple of others that are just a few long skinny stems with beautiful flowers on the ends back into bushes. At least I now know that it isn't a coincidence that the front bush stays beautiful and full of blooms. (I always wondered.)
I will moving to Volusia County, FL (zone 9b) and I wondered if tropical hibiscus can grow and bloom that far north. Thanks for your help!
Thank you. Good information. I don't have one but my son had 2 that he "winters" indoors. He mentioned they were losing leaves.😮 So here I am! Researching on utube!
So much helpful information in this video. Thank you for thoroughly explaining proper pruning technique for Hibiscus so I can keep my plants looking sexy!
Thank you!
I live in the Caribbean and got my very first hibiscus a couple weeks ago, thanks for this very informative video, subbing from Barbados
Thank you! Great to have you here!
I know this is 5 years old, but terrific video! thank you!!
I do the same thing with my huge hibiscus such as grows like a weed almost every year turning to tree.. they get very tall and wide well they over a decade old actually doing this almost every year gonna do this over the weekend, and I have 20 of them along down my driveway.. only think I have major problem around the summer is aphas and white flies, spray and everything then come back week after sick of it
Just bought my 1st hibiscus today. Wish me luck
Good luck. You've got this🙂
thanks for the help i will drop a note back in the spring of 21 to let you know how it went..great i hope
Thank you. I have 5 that are looking ragged but they are indoor right now. Will attempt to do this
I love it, wow thank you for video. i live in Central fl gulf side and my hibiscus has gone crazy
You just saved my hibiscus! Thank you so much!! 💚💖🌺🌺
Thank you for this wonderful video. I carefully massacred my neatly shaped hibiscus with its one flower. Your video is an inspiration, well done.
Thank you for your direction.
Great video! They also prefer humid environments, and bloom much better than in arid environments.
Great tips! Ive pruned hibiscus in the past but got some great info from you.
Great information and you speak very clearly.
I live in an apartment complex, and have a nice hibiscus plant just outside my screened in verandah. The lawn maintenance people maintain it by waiting until the plant has numerous beautiful blooms on it- then taking their electric trimmer they make certain to cut off all the blooms so they drop to the ground and die. And the plant produces no more flowers. I always thought the point of having a beautiful hibiscus plant is to enjoy the flowers that bloom. They believe it should just be a plain green plant.
I have a TH growing in a pot that I over winter in my house ( I live in Cleveland Ohio. It blooms all winter and hardly at all during the summer. It is also getting way too large for the pot. Can you tell me when and how to prune it so I can maintain a smaller size suitable for the pot and also how to get it’s bloom cycle back into the summer?
I was so nervous! But than I found your video! Thanks (few) 😅
Your video was very helpful. I do have a question though. I have a 5 1/2 year old tropical hibiscus I bring inside every fall. It's so huge now (my not knowing when and how to prune) it's really too big for the area I need to place it in. It's mid-September, zone 7b. I really need to do a hard prune but don't want to kill it. What do you suggest?
Best hibiscus pruning Thanks for the video
Do Hibiscus grow more than one "trunk" over time ? Like a Crape Myrtle can have one trunk (if trimmed that way) but around the trunk , other stems/trunks will grow from the roots
Yes
@@NextLevelGardening thats annoying. Looking for a flowering shrub that will only grow from one trunk. Any recommendations ?
Great 👍 video. And trust me I’ve seen plenty. Yours is perfect and actually teaches us properly the do’s and don’ts of it all. I will follow your instructions. Loved the video b
Lucy thank you so much for that comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!
Good tips Thanks. My question is I live in El Paso is our heat & sun too hot for a hibiscus? I have my one under my patio in a container. It gets some sun & I will put in some banana peels.
I have a lot in full sun and some with medium sun and they love it. Definitely try out different spots for yours but pay extra attention while doing this so you don’t kill it off 🙂🙂
I live in a cold winter climate area ie. Toronto Ontario. I want to bring my tropical hybiscus plants indoors for the winter i.e. in the garage and encourage the plants to become dormant. What do I need to do to achieve this and have healthy plants that are ready to transplant back into the garden in the Spring? Thanks Paul Tomlinson
Terrific tips! Thank you for a very concise video.
Mr. Brian? Can we get another update on this? Im struggling with my hibiscus. Thank you!
My hibiscus leaves are all drying..before it was very beautiful and their blooming too but now 😔
May be i have transplant it ..do you think thats why is drying..please help what to do..
Excellent advice. Thanks.
I love in SW Florida, its the first week of January. These are crazy leggy small bushes. Can I prune them now?
I wish I had seen your video a long time ago.....it was great!
Thank you for this information will definitely be useful in my garden.
My plants are kept outside where we average 10 to 15 inches of snow every year. They never grow out from last years growth so I cut them all the way back to the ground every September. They bloom prolifically in early August and are done by the 20th. of the three colors I have, the pinks are coming back less every year.
Very informative video. Thanks a lot . Love from India
You're welcome! Glad I could help!
We have several young hibiscus plants in Florida at a house we bought. they are only couple of years old. but they have gotten tall. our lawn guy was trying to sell us shrub maintenance and was saying they should be cut back. but i noticed in this video you mentioned that plants under 5 years old dont need any pruning? would you recommend anything at this point for maintenance on these?
Do you have any recommendations for battling beetles? Last year, a swarm of Biblical proportions descended upon my hibiscus and mowed about 10 of them to the wood in just a couple of days. (They literally ignored every other thing in the yard), and insecticide didn't seem to phase them.
Extremely informative greatly appreciated. Thank you
Thanks for your awesome explanations. You're such a great teacher.
thank you for this clip! how do you get it to grow more in height than width?
Great video. Very informative. My hibiscus have only mealy bug problem. I tried many methods It comes again & again. What to do . I am from India It very hot here
Neem
I just recently bought the plants... they’re small... I have transferred them into a medimum sized pot.... just wanted to know how often I should water them and how to take care of them
could you talk about suckers? what are true suckers vs. new growth?
I live in the midwest and my plant is too heavy for me to bring in the house; how should i prepare it for winter?
I would love to see what the results were
My hibiscus gives nice flowers but, after a freeze two years ago, the leaves came back but very sparse. Any ideas?
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!!!
I always love your videos. I just planted a hibiscus tree - do I need to cover it in winter here in Beaumont, CA?
Sir! which month we do pruning in Hibiscus? please reply me..
Late spring is best.. then little bits through the summer
@@NextLevelGardening tq. sir!
I have an about 10 yr old Hibiscus. I have never cut it. Now it has over 7 branches, growing vertical that are getting TOO Tall and I have tall ceilings. What do do you recommend? Everything I find is about pruning from the beginning. I never did. Now What?!
They SURE are, I cut one all the way down to the stump an it still was sprouting new growth
Wow this was awesome. I learned so much. Thank you so much!!!
I have two between a wall and a swimming pool so I don't want them to be super bushy and go outwards much.
It will work in warmer states like Florida. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Zone 6) it’s a different story.
Hello. What should I do if a have an ibiscus in a pot and the branches are going in all directions?
Take a couple each month and trim them all the way back.
Valid information, thank you.🌲🌿🥀
Hello California garden will u not give any fertilizer after pruning the hibiscus plant. In which month should I prune my all hibiscus. plants in Dubai. Here temp. Is 40to42°c. This is August.
malay chakraborty I only fertilize established hibiscus if they look like they need it (like yellowing leaves.) Younger hibiscus can use more frequent feeding. I cut mine back in March or April for a hard prune and little by little throughout the summer months.
SoCal here, now I know how to trim my monster hibiscus so I can see out windows again!
When do you apply the alcohol. Please show us how to do this. thanks.
What care does a tropical hibiscus braded tree it lost all of its leaves and now it's only growing at the very bottom of the trunk
Very helpful information, Thank You.
Does this apply to a hibiscus house plant also?
Thank you so much! Very helpful!
Now that it's been two years since this video, can you post a pic of the plant that you cut back so we can see the result?
He made a video four months later showing what it looked like. Sorry I don’t know how to link videos but you can find it quite easily if you scroll back in date order.
I want to grow hibiscus slightly less tall than that, but in a container. How big of a pot should I get? Thanks.
I would get a pot that's at least half the diameter of the plant width that you want.
Great tutorial😊. Thank you Sir for sharing.
Awesome video and tutorial 😊
Oh my, you really got down to it. Green to know though.
It's November and should I not prune now?
Thank you my friend 👍💕
great tips for my hibiscus plant, thanks for sharing 👍
Ilike the illustrations.
Thanks! very informative video tutorial 🌺🌸🌼
Excellent video, thankyou
Very informative. Thank you.
thank you for the great video...i have a big rounded cube too
You're welcome!
Great video.Learnt a lot
I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!!
How do I prune a new plant to maintain shape? I’d like for it to remain relatively small?
Thank you! Super helpful!
great video very informative thankyou
helen allen you're welcome!