Garden Pests and Diseases: Hibiscus leaves yellowing..., 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Need some input on my beautiful Hibiscus I bought. It was doing OK.
BUT--it came with White Flies. I have sprayed twice now
with the water/alcohol/dish soap mix. Seemed to work. Need to do it again...

Pretty soon--many of the leaves showed serious mite damage on the undersides.
Can't believe how fast this all happened!!

Now--there is an ongoing yellowing of leaves--which I remove.
This is making the plant look "leggy"...They may re-grow--I do not know.

What, in your opinions, is causing this yellowing??? The leaf damage is visible on all the
leaves' backs throughout the plant. Is the yellowing as a result of the damage to the leaves?
I am thinking--that that is the problem....
It is still blooming OK. but not as prolific as it should.

I want to hang on to this Hibiscus for next year--don't know HOW yet..
but will figure something out. It is SOOOO pretty!

Can these go totally dormant for the winter and come back the following summer???
Or--will I have to--somehow--keep it going in the house? I have NO bright, sunny windows.

Since ALL the leaves show this mite damage--will ALL the leaves yellow out?
Will they re-grow then?

Your opinion, please......Thank you. Gita

1--Blooming OK before
2--Blooms close-up. i LOVE these!
3--Showing general leaf yellowing
4--Yellow leaves--closer...
5--The damaged leaves a while back--when I first realized the problem.