Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Before and after, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I have a Hibiscus question. Is this the right Forum?

Last year--I bought a beautiful Hibiscus. It bloomed and bloomed...
besides me having to fight with whitefishes for a couple months.

My question is more re the leaves of the Hibiscus.
When I bought it--it had those puckered, thick leaves. These, in my opinion,
have the prettiest blooms.

See pic. #1--and #2

The Hibiscus spent the winter in my cool, dark shop in a semi-dormant state.
It kept a lot of leaves on it--then, slowly, some of the turned yellow. No biggie.
It WAS in my cool, dark Shop.

Come spring--I took it outside and, eventually, had the time to do a good root-pruning
as well as stem pruning. It is re-growing leaves pretty good--but the leaves are different!!!
They are NOT the leathery/puckered leaves the Hibiscus had when I bought it.
They are smooth and, sort of, maple shaped.

See Pic. #3.

WHY are the leaves different? Why did they change?

It will be a while until I see any blooms. Wonder if they will be the same as last year's
or will they be different as well???

Will post more pictures when something happens....

Thanks for any advice or comments, Gita