Why won't my hibiscus bloom? and Race to Bloom

Why won't my hibiscus bloom?

I recently bought a yellow hibiscus at home depot. The plant bloomed a flower every day up until about the last week. It just stopped! There are little things that look like buds coming from the spots where old flowers have fallen, they are tiny and the same color as the plant. When I bought the plant is was very healthy. I water it every day, and haven't put any kind of fertilizer in it. There are also little buds with new flowers to come but they are very tiny and are growing at an extremely slow rate.


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Answer by KiwiEyes
Because a hibiscus is a shrub, it needs to carefully use its resources. It chooses some time to bloom -- that uses a lot of its energy. Then it recuperates by not blooming -- usually until the light conditions are right. Hibiscus that blooms twice a year is pretty much standard. It's not going to bloom as often as an annual plant is: it just needs to be more judicious with its blooms, because it lives longer. Make sure you fertilize and water it appropriately, and give it good light. It will rebloom in time.

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I've tons of these tiny flowers in the backyard. Not sure what they are called, but they bloom only to sunshine and kinda follow the sun. I had borrowed a 105mm macro lens from a friend to try some focus stacking, but hadn't got a chance to try that. Instead took a shot at these little gems.

Tech Info: Nikon D300s | 105mm macro | ISO 200 | f/8 | 1/125s

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