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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Please fix my blue hibiscus!, 0 by CaptMicha

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Subject: Please fix my blue hibiscus!

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CaptMicha wrote:
I can't figure out why but my Alyogyne huegelii's leaves keep discoloring. For some reason, my camera captured the healthy green leaves as yellow but you can still see in the picture the orangey leaves, they also yellow but you can't tell from it.

It had a mealy bug infestation when I was overwintering so I treated twice with systematic and that burned most of the leaves off. It's come back pretty well, and it's been a while since then, but it doesn't grow a lot and there's the leaves discoloring and falling off.

I have it in full sun, let the soil dry out slightly and fertilize only once in a while for fear of making the situation worse.

Can some one pin point the problem and tell me what to do about it?