Re: Hybiscus info needed
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hybiscus info needed
- From: D* M*
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:09:45 -0500
>Hi There...
>I have recently planted about 14 plants and was wondering if someone
>would tell me the best thing to do cold coming on. I have been told to
>cut them back to 18 inches in a few weeks- they are ranging in size from
>18 inches to 4 foot now... they say that by cutting them back and
>covering them with a burlap sack they will be ok in the winter. I am so
>new to them-and am trying to learn the best way.
>Thanks!
>Katie in Louisiana
Katie...
There are so many species of hybiscus out there and with varying cultural
requirements, we need to know a bit more information. Species? Even a
common name or cultivar name might help? Is it shrubby or herbacious? We
have some up north here that are hardy to -25F (Hibiscus syriacus), but I
bet yours are not that type.
They might be the more tropical H. rosa-sinensis.
Don
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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