I suspect our “nicely warm and muggy” and “TOO FREAKIN’ HOT” periods (from a hibiscus POV, of course 😉) do not coincide. You probably also have a real tropical hibiscus, whereas ours can overwinter (albeit by dying down to the soil level).

Do yours keep spreading out, year after year? The first year (when the landscaping wasn’t finished until August, well past the time our hibiscus go into blooms part 1) I thought maybe they were weeds, and I almost pulled them when shutting down for winter. The next year they had this pretty little patch, maybe a yard wide at most, and I was so very careful of the delicate little dears.

The last three years, the patch just keeps getting wider (currently six feet wide AFTER hacking down a bunch of stems), and now if they grow over the path or trail into the stream, sorry guys, you get chopped. And we STILL have more blooms every year. Two years ago we had ONE bloom after the summer, and I thought it was a one-off; last year we had several in the fall, so okay, this is what they do; this year (just sitting and looking out as I type) I see five fall blooms, plus at least three buds showing color, plus bunches more buds coming out.

Deb, needless to say, is delighted. Which is what counts! 😁