I never pruned mine in Belgium except to remove what the frosts killed each year. In this garden I have several well grown shrubs of various colours and was amazed to read in a local garden magazine that I should prune them back by half in March.
In my Belgian garden they never got their leaves before June so I thought this was a bit radical and only did one. It has produced fresh new growth and is now in flower tho not as profusely as the ones I didn't touch but it has plenty of buds coming and also went less limp in the last heatwave. They've all enjoyed the recent rain - 13mm over 3 days - after a 13 month drought.
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I have a Hibiscus which is about 15 -20 years old and has become quite bedraggled, can i cut it back if so how far can I go?
I've usually do 1/3 yearly in January. I'm sure I've read that people have taken off more & it's been fine.
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I never pruned mine in Belgium except to remove what the frosts killed each year. In this garden I have several well grown shrubs of various colours and was amazed to read in a local garden magazine that I should prune them back by half in March.
In my Belgian garden they never got their leaves before June so I thought this was a bit radical and only did one. It has produced fresh new growth and is now in flower tho not as profusely as the ones I didn't touch but it has plenty of buds coming and also went less limp in the last heatwave. They've all enjoyed the recent rain - 13mm over 3 days - after a 13 month drought.
Thanks for your replies, I think I will take back by half, when it's finished flowering.