I pruned back the dead wood and found, to my amazement, that one third of the plant was alive. It's July now and the hibiscus is fully leafed out and has even bloomed twice. It's not the profusion of blooms I would expect for this time of year but it takes time to recover from a blow. Like so many others, I am still in shock over Gary's death. Gary's death leaves a hole in the gardening community and an even larger one in the gay community.
Any death brings grief but a death from hate brings terror.