Question: Our hibiscus plants have aphids in the tips of the shoots. How do we control them without affecting the bees? Answer: Curling leaves and stunted shoots are often signs aphids are sucking ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. My problem is with black stuff on my crape myrtles' leaves and bark. It ...

Dear Master Gardener: I had a hibiscus on my patio last summer and brought it in for the winter. Now it has little specks all over it and they move, so I suspect I have some sort of insect pest. What ...

Yellow leaves on your hibiscus are often a sign of trouble, but these tips will help you solve the problem fast.

Unfortunately, it's not only nectar that makes hibiscus so attractive to ants. Hibiscus plantings also make a tempting feeding ground for aphids, which, even without ants' assistance, can cause damage ...

Big, showy hibiscus blooms are sure to be the focal point of your yard. The shrub-like perennial plant certainly attracts the attention of pollinators with its funnel-shaped flowers. Their impressive ...

No other summer flowering shrub surpasses the tropical hibiscus for glossy, dark green foliage and nonstop flowers in red, pink, yellow, orange, white, lavender or even brown and gray. And the ...

Some say this is a bad aphid year. Aphids seem bad to me every year. When spring coaxes new growth from roses and hibiscus, plum trees and artichokes, the aphids hear the dinner bell. Aphids are tiny ...

As temperatures begin to gradually drop for fall, you may be wondering how to handle your hibiscus flowers, so you have stronger and healthier blooms next year. We asked pro gardeners to share why ...

Hibiscus is a cocktail of three parts Champagne and two parts chilled cranberry juice. But here in South Florida, we also see the hibiscus plant growing throughout the area. Hibiscus is a large ...