Question on over-wintering the Tropical Type

We brought our tropical plant in last winter just for giggles to see if it would survive. At first, it lost all it's leaves and then started to bud out shortly after the first of the year. Then we had lovely green foliage through the winter. Once all danger of frost past, we put the big potted plant outside to see what would happen. I honestly did not think she would bloom but to my astonishment, we have tons of blooms! I lost the tag last year so I don't exactly know what this one is called - see picture. I wonder if we can over-winter her again this year. Ideas?

Hi,

What you have there is called Painted Lady, we live in Ohio and overwinter all of ours. If you put them by a window that gets sunlight you can get blooms all winter long.


Patrick

cgustaf, hey neighbor! I'm near Des Moines. I take mine inside when the nights start staying in the upper 40's F. Mine go down the basement under a small bank of shop lights with full spectrum bulbs.I keep them a little drier than outdoors and they kind of go dormant(but don't drop the leaves) they don't bloom much if at all, but all I want is to get them thru till spring.Like mentioned before if you only have one plant, put it in a sunny south window for the winter,water when dry,no fertilizer, and keep it going.It will set some flowers if its room temp and sunny.

Kyle :-)

My niece works at WalMart & "rescued" several Hibiscus-type plants from the threat of frost last night (it looks like we didn't have anything to worry about, but...)

I don't know the types, because the tags just call them "tropical" (northerners don't need to know more than that, I guess). So, they have been brought into the house, in my care. How would I go about getting cuttings of these plants? I'd like to send some to a friend just for fun to see if she gets anything good (she lives in zone 9 Florida, so I'm thinking they will work well for her). Can I cut a length of new growth and put it in a ziploc bag with a bit of rooting powder?

This is completely new to me, so I appreciate any feedback. Thanks.

Hi cgustaf!

Looks exactly like the tree Hib my Hubby bought me for our Anniv. this past July!
'Painted Lady'? Thank you Patrick! It is very beautiful!

Thank you! ~Cheryl

I have over-wintered hibiscus indoors many times and always had good results. Often they dropped some or all of their leaves but they grew new ones and bloomed each summer. Even an occasional winter bloom if I got them in enough light.

Mine even made the move from MI to MN, but I lost them this past winter to a period of depression (mine) and I haven't gotten any new ones.

Sure am enjoying the blooms people share here though!

I bought a Blueberry Thrill hibiscus last fall and it did great ove the winter ,even giving me a few blooms. It spent the winter outdoors and was spectacular. My problem now is that it is just too big. Someone told me I can cut it back and put it in a cooler room. If that is so, how far back do I cut it and how low a temperature can I keep it? I was going to keep it with my cactus, which are dorment and temps are in the 40's-50's. It will be dependent on the natural (weak) sunshine of zone 5. I'd really hate to lose this plant - it's just beautiful. If I do cut it back and anyone wants cuttings let me know.
Any advice would be most appreciated.