Hibiscus? ID help please

socalgardengal · October 25, 2013

What are these? Are they Hibiscus? I grew up calling them Honeysuckles. Does anyone know what varieties they are? Sorry I don't have a clue

This is my first full year trying to garden and I just moved here. Never had these plants before. Thank you. Oh yeah, how do I trim them back? Just go for it???

ginger2778 · October 25, 2013

I'm pretty sure they are both hibiscus, don't know the varieties though, or how to trim them. The petal shapes are what makes me think they are hibiscus.

Marsha

habitat_gardener · October 26, 2013

Do a google image search for hibiscus. The stamens and pistils are usually prominent and stick out.

kurt · October 26, 2013

Our neighbor has a 4 ft high 3ft wide x 40 ft long hedge.Flowers do not last long.He trims and shapes with electric trimmer.Wife has two container plants.When wet the dropped flowers stick to our stamped concrete deck,drives me crazy.We have a pretty red colour.Seems the more you trim the more flower buds you get.

tlintx · October 26, 2013

The yellow one in my front yard got to be 20 feet tall and about half that wide. I chopped it back pretty ruthlessly, and it grew back faster than I would have thought possible. I chopped it back again, a few weeks before a frost, and it died.

It was ugly, the flowers were bright yellow and about as plain as hibiscus flowers get, and I'm not sorry at all. The rootball was massive, almost a stump! And it was growing in a 5 ft area wedged between three pine trees, so it was fighting for nutrients and water.

October 26, 2013	#4
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,501	Our neighbor has a 4 ft high 3ft wide x 40 ft long hedge.Flowers do not last long.He trims and shapes with electric trimmer.Wife has two container plants.When wet the dropped flowers stick to our stamped concrete deck,drives me crazy.We have a pretty red colour.Seems the more you trim the more flower buds you get. __________________ KURT

October 25, 2013	#2
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I'm pretty sure they are both hibiscus, don't know the varieties though, or how to trim them. The petal shapes are what makes me think they are hibiscus. Marsha

October 26, 2013	#3
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	Do a google image search for hibiscus. The stamens and pistils are usually prominent and stick out.

October 26, 2013	#5
tlintx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: SeTx Posts: 881	The yellow one in my front yard got to be 20 feet tall and about half that wide. I chopped it back pretty ruthlessly, and it grew back faster than I would have thought possible. I chopped it back again, a few weeks before a frost, and it died. It was ugly, the flowers were bright yellow and about as plain as hibiscus flowers get, and I'm not sorry at all. The rootball was massive, almost a stump! And it was growing in a 5 ft area wedged between three pine trees, so it was fighting for nutrients and water.