my hibiscus only bloomed one time over the winter… usually it blooms at least twice…

I have had this one for at least three years and usually it loses its leaves when it comes into the house in the fall, and when it comes back into the garden in the spring…

this year I hardened it off and then put an umbrella over it so it wouldn’t get a sunburn…

it didn’t lose many leaves, but it also didn’t look like it was getting any buds…

a week or so ago, I spotted a few just starting…

yesterday, I spotted something red when I looked outside and there they were… the first two flowers…

yay… and there are lots more getting ready;-)…