Things Needed
Hibiscus , a tropical shrub , typically can not tolerate drawn-out freezing temperature . Chinese and tropical hibiscus species are especially cold - tender and can not grow in climate where temperature approach freeze . If you hold up in a non - tropic clime with cold winters , grow hibiscus plants in containers and bring them indoors during winter . hibiscus flower promptly , even indoors . The large , brightly - dark and showy flowers typically raise 2 to 12 inches in diam with farsighted , arching stamen . To care for hibiscus plant indoors , water on a regular basis but do not over - saturate the plant .
Step 1
place your hibiscus in bright , direct to partial sunshine , such as beside a south - facing window . Place your hibiscus outside during the affectionate spring and summertime months , but keep the hibiscus out of hot , full - Lord’s Day and provide some wraith in the good afternoon .
Step 2
irrigate your hibiscus from natural spring through gloam whenever the topmost layer of pot soil begins to feel dry , providing water until it enfeeble from the bottom of the pot . You may demand to irrigate daily during the hottest part of summertime , but do n’t tolerate the soil to become waterlogged .
Step 3
fertilise your indoor hibiscus a water - soluble fertilizer made for blooming industrial plant and shrubs in leap when new growth begins . Feed the hibiscus once every week or two the relaxation of the growing season until October , according to the maker ’s instructions .
Step 4
Trim back about one - third of the hibiscus ’s stems in early leap . Prune aside the older growth , cut the branch and stems back to the trunk or genitalia .
Step 5
contract watering relative frequency during winter to keep the hibiscus ’s potting dirt just moist enough to keep the plant from wilt completely . block fertilizing the hibiscus in late fall and winter , position the plant indoors in a south - facing windowpane with bright light .
Tip
If you want your indoor hibiscus to take on more of a tree diagram - corresponding form alternatively of a shaggy-coated bush shape , encourage this by pruning . take a single fundamental stem that ’s the hard , healthiest and thickest one on the plant . Continually prune away all other upright - growing stems and any branches grow low on the master select stem .
Warning
Do n’t over - water you hibiscus , because this shrub is especially susceptible to root rot . Hibiscuses are athirst shrubs during the red-hot summer month , but otherwise do n’t require constant watering . The best way to figure out when to irrigate your hibiscus is to feel for the potting land becoming dry before watering the plant .
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