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Cutting back an Hibiscus

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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?

  • Mark56Mark56 Posts: 1,653

    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. 

    Last edited: 24 July 2017 17:42:13

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    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.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • Thanks for your replies, I think I will take back by half, when it's finished flowering.

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