I took a good, hard look at my confederate rose this morning, and it was pitiful. The leaves were well on their way to dying, so I took desperate measures to control the whiteflies -- I stripped all but the very top leaves off and disposed of them in the dumpster. Then I sprayed the remaining leaves and stems with DIY oil & soap mixture. I also cut back the Hibiscus radiatus next to it, which was also infested, threw away those cuttings and sprayed that. Sprayed all the datura too, because evidently they like them as well.

I'm determined to save this plant. I fertilized it well, and will be spraying it every other day to keep the whiteflies under control. It looks pretty stark, but if I can manage to get it to bloom, that will make up for the bare stems.

Well, at least the rosemary will get some sun now.