Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening June 2015, 1 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
Rose of Sharon down! I walked outside this morning and found this ROS across the stairs in my backyard. Its roots are still in the ground, so I assume it just became too top-heavy to stay upright.

Now that it's reached a height where the branches are going to flop when soaked, I have to decide whether to cut it back and hope it regrows in a sturdier way, or dig it up and replace it. I want something tall enough to block our view of neighboring houses, so I'm leaning towards the latter.