When and how should I prune a Rose of Sharon?

I have 3 I received a couple years ago. They were clippings from someone else's. They are big and beautiful and healthy, but I don't know how to take care of them. They usually bloom around July 4. I live in Indiana, not sure what zone, Thanks

When and how should I prune a Rose of Sharon?
Roses of Sharon tend to get a little leggy if you don't prune them yearly. The best time to prune is after the last freeze of the year but before they really start to leaf out. If you want to be on the safe side, wait until well past the date on which you generally have the last freeze in your area. You can even wait until the plants start to leaf out a little bit. As soon as the buds begin to appear, you'll be better able to tell whether there has been any frost damage or not.





Once you can clearly see buds all over the (healthy portions of the)plant, you can decide how low to trim individual branches down so they don't get too top-heavy over the summer. When pruning, cut the individual branch almost immediately above a healthy, outward-facing bud, and make sure the cut is both clean and slightly angled away from the bud.





You can also prune a few or the longer, leggier branches in the spring, summer, or fall, if you wish, so long as you don't trim away so many leaves that the plant has trouble surviving. On the whole, you want to do your major pruning in early spring and limit pruning the rest of the year to dead-heading or weeding out excessively long branches that are too weak to hold up their blooms.
Reply:hi, im in cinti, im zone 6.i grow rose of sharon trees. do you have this type or a bush???well anyway...get a sharp pr. of gardening snips %26amp; cut every branch about 6-8 inches from the trunk or middle stalkover the entire plant.it seems drastic but it will bloom 10 foldoh yeah, clip always in the early spring, maybe april for you.