I agree with the others, wait until our short frost season is over before trimming any damaged growth. For the bougies, just wait until they start re-growing and cut above a nice fresh green shoot. Unknown #3 is a white flowered trailing lantana (L. montevidiensis). I'd use a hula hoe to keep those weeds under control. It's basically a scuffle hoe that "shaves" the weeds off at ground level. Do it on a warm sunny afternoon and they'll croak right away. Plus it's kind of fun. Getting some type of mulch around the lantana will help control weed seedlings too. Unkonw #4 is a Ruellia, sometimes call Mexican petunia. They bloom spring through autumn. You can trim them if you like, or leave them be. Again, I'd wait until after the short frost season is over. Keep us posted! Happy gardening! Grant

first I would feed with a good nitrogen fert to get the leaves comeing good again , as this new growth is comming take the opertunity to pinch out the tips of the growing points to help it bush out (the more branches the more flowers) , then when the leaves have come back good stop pinching and change fert to a high middle number type 15 -30 -15 works good , hybiscus do not mind to be pot bound and some do better that way, also single flower types tend to bloom more often the semi and fully doubbles (and some just bloom more then others) And do not be afraid to set out in the summer to help speed the whole process up (just remember two weeks in heavy shade befor setting out in sun or you will scorch the leaves.

Well, BKay I totally missed this topic, don't know how since I am around every day. Some of what is happening here is on the white parts of the leaves. They melt away. It is such a mess when it is over. The dead part sticks to another leaf and it dries on like glue. So I try to peel it up when it is dry and get rid of it. I'll see what photos I have of it. I do not see any signs of southern blight YET, and I look down in the heart of the plant for any rot at the base of the pets which let me simply delicately pull them away....now THAT is the way I can tell southern blight, also those tiny little balls and the whole plant is gone dead within one day of that. I have signs of nematodes though. But not with the mushy part. It turns brown within two veins and progresses sometimes the whole vein, sometimes not. I had it rduced a good bit when I had a supply of crab shells to add to my mix, then Fedex refused to deliver 3 different bags, and I potted my new things and the old needing repots without it. Whether the shells were doing such a fine job or this weather is awful with super high humidity but very little rain....and heat index of 110 today for instance....I cannot tell. I'll look for some of the pictures and get back to show them. It is not raining here, hasn't been for several weeks actually. I water the golds on the west side of the garden every day. They are not mushing up. Squash Casserole and its progeny are in perfect shape and get the most water. The plantaginea like Royal Standard and such are almost gold, and they get the water. LOT of sun, afternoon sun, and I water them a lot. They are draining fine. Elsewhere in the garden I water about every other day, they have morning light and very little afternoon, maybe some stray broken sunbeams through the leaf canopy. If you remember I had some leaves which I thought were like crystal drops of water that had dried. Jo and Ken were commenting on what it might be. Like perhaps some frost damage. Only, one that had it (Fair Maiden) is still doing beautifully. Others which had it are not doing the best, but have not gone down. I am wondering if it is heat dormancy. My Bibb Lettuce (a gold with light substance, Stuart Asch hosta) went into this decline and now it is on its last leaf. I had this happen to Stained Glass, thought it was dead and ordered another. Well, the first one came back to life after about 3 weeks dormancy and bloomed quicker than the second one did. I'm thinking I have a case of heat dormancy with several of the ones having lighter substance and white markings somewhere. I rescued the Zebra Stripes, somehow. It is growing again. Several others which lost some leaves to the mushies are putting some back on, so far small leaves. BK, have you ever encountered heat dormancy before? Here is the Zebra Stripes. The leaves began looking bad when the heavy rain beat them against the rim of the pot. After that the other spots began turning brown. Finally it was down to just that fasciated scape, but now a couple of small leaves are growing. It is hard to take a picture of this one, showing any detail, my camera bleaches it out.

"if the bulb was not getting the proper temperature to regulate the flow of refrigerant would this effect the valve operation." The temperature is what makes the valve operate. Wrong temp, bad performance.