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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: New to plumerias and need help, 0 by Clare_CA

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Clare_CA wrote:
Hi Pamella! LOL! We are your plumeria support group! We are all learning as we go and so please don't feel stupid. Michael is 100 percent right. Plumerias will branch when they flower, or you can take a cutting mid branch so that branches will grow below the cut, but be aware that, sometimes, only one branch grows beneath the cut so, if you cut for branching, you might just get one branch to replace it. When a plumie flowers, you will get two, three, or sometimes four branches around the infloresence, and these usually come in rather slowly over a period of a few months. That's a beautiful red you have there.

Here's an example of only one branch replacing a cut one: