Beginner Gardening: First time gardener...HELP!, 0 by twohassles43

twohassles43 wrote:
Vicha12, and everyone else, i was happy too see your post here. I live in Galesburg Illinois and i am sure u are familair with where i am at. I have been to Moline many times. I have alot of the same questions as you when it comes to what to do to get my flowers ready for winter. I dont even know the names of half mine that i planted off the top of my head, but i did save the tags. So i am sort of looking them up on line and trying to learn as i go. I am terrible at remembering peoples names, let alone all the names of what i planted this past year. But i am shocking myself as to what all is sticking with me in regards to learning all there is to know about different flowers. I loved seeing the picture of your Hibiscus. I also planted a Hibiscus this year, but i dont think mine is called a luna hibiscus. I am posting a picture of mine, and hopefully someone can help me out with what to do to it for winter. I was planning on cutting it back and putting some mulch around it, but i see they are telling u, it will be ok without cutting it back. I was so proud of my Hibiscus, cause it started as almost a dead little plant. My Mom and two sisters also planted a hibiscus and mine was the only one that bloomed. I ended up with over 25 blooms on it, which i thought was really good for just starting it this spring. This picture is the first two blooms and you can kind of see all the blooms getting ready to open. I think my Hibiscus is called Candy Striped Hibiscus, but if that is wrong please someone correct me. I am glad too see people here from our area. Hopefully we can all answer each others questions.