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transplanting a dominant hibiscus

How to transplant a dormint hybiscus to a larger planter?

Posted by REBECCA ROWE on September 2, 2021

Marianne's Response

Hibiscus can be transplanted when the ground is not frozen and some tips are to water well the night before, use a container with a drainage hole and use potting soil not dirt from the garden. Add soil to the bottom of the pot then place the hibiscus so that it sits at the same level it was before - don't plant too deep or too shallow. Fill in around the root ball with more soil. Add some Osmocote to the soil at planting time (check out the new Pot Shots for ease of feeding plants in pots) then water to keep the soil slightly moist but not wet and make sure the plant gets good light from a bright window. Stand back and watch for new growth. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti