Hibiscus: My hibiscus is naked, 1 by blupit007

blupit007 wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I need some help here. One of my favorite hibiscus is mad at me! It was the only one to yellow and drop leaves when I brought it inside for the winter. I have had some other plants just start to show a yellow leaf here or there which I expected. They started a month after bringing them inside.

Everyone came inside the beginning of October to overwinter in my warm sunny windows. Yellowing and dropping leaves started within the first week that I brought this particular cv indoors. There are no mites in site as I have been mite free for a year now. This plant is now almost naked! The remaining leaves are green and healthy and stay strong till they start to yellow... The wood is hard and healthy too. There are nodes that are still green and look like they may sprout but I dont know if that is new, or leftover from summer.

It was very vigerous this summer and took off. The growth was spectacular.

Now, my question is, do I take a bunch of cuttings and try to root it so I don't loose it? I already put one cutting in my cloner and it didn't take, so I think it is not one to root easily. Or will cutting it cause stress. It may come back and if I were to cut it, it wont have a chance? It is a difficult cv to find...

UGH! ~Kristen~