Pruning a hibiscus?

I have an old, big hibiscus in my yard. I don't think its ever been pruned. It has lots of scraggly branches and leaves; but its not full, by any means. Its blooming mainly on the tips of the branches. What's the best way to make it full and healthy?
Pruning a hibiscus?
Well I live in zone 8.5 in sout texas and my mother has a hibiscus. She cuts it back every year to where there is about only a foot of it. It flowers and grows to a good 5 foot until it gets cold. She usually cuts it back in the late winter to early spring when it looks dead and the stems art easy to break by hand.
Reply:Trim it back by 1/3. Will produce new more compact growth, flowers AND the cuttings can be dipped in rootone, plunked in moist potting soil for new "hot biscuit" kids.



Bloom is encouraged by heat. Heavy feeders.



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Reply:prun it back alot. it will take a few months for it to bloom again, but once it is cut it will be full and by the time summer ends it should be full of flowers and leaves. also add plant food such as miracle gro