Oh, the Hibiscus!

Remember how I was saying I wasn't seeing much frost damage in the garden.

Forget it!

I don't know why I hadn't looked at the hibiscus this week, but today I finally saw them. There is not one leave left unscathed on any of the 3 hibiscus shrubs along the south side of the garden. Ouch! They look poor and pitiful and I wonder if they will come back. I would assume the 2, older and larger plants will, but the new, smaller one might be doomed.

I am so used to the hibiscus being trouble free (except for whitefly) that I didn't even give them a second thought, although they are probably the most tropical of all plants in our garden.

Hmmm, (hard) lesson learned, I guess.

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