Hibiscus: New Leaves "Cupping" on Hibiscus and ONE (of 6) Datura???, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Now--I have a Kopper King Hibiscus also at the other end of this bed.

I posted the 6' tall one that is on the opposite side of my house. Even though I bought both of them at the same time and planted them both on the same day, this one has not even come close to growing as big as the one on my east side. The east side gets really, really good sun until about 3PM.
The other one, on the West side, has some maple root competition and it is also more shaded from the tree, but still gets decent light.

This really puzzled me--WHY it was so much shorter???
After a while, this KK Hib. also started showing signs of the Funny, leathery leaves that were on the Datura. See above.
When it finally bloomed, the bloom was so different from the other one (on the east side). Really weird! (I will attach pictures).

Several weeks ago when all the blooming was done, I simply cut the tops out on this struggling KK H. It is re-growing nicely and has a couple of buds on it. I will see what THESE look like soon.

Here is how the leaves were getting on this smaller KK Hibiscus. Look closely at the newer leaves on top.