Originally Posted by J. Davidson

Good advice, Newt. I let it be a tree last year and had very few blooms. This year I will pinch back and make it a shrub. I hope to take this plant
to MS when we move and that will make transporting it easier too.
Thanks also to Travis.
Jackie, NC zone 7
"Travis" lid wrote in message
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J. Davidson wrote:
But does it do best in a tree form or a shrub?
Thanks,
Jackie
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Hibiscus moscheutos is neither a tree or shrub, it is an herbaceous perennial that dies back to the ground.

toad

It is not a tree or a shrub. It's like a chrysanthemum in that it grows and then dies back in the fall.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5