Tropicals & Tender Perennials: White in bloom tonite!, 0 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Hi Bea and thanks! I have a bunch of plumeria seedlings also, and three flowered at about two years old, and ten or so are flowering at three years old. I have another 30 that look like they are going to wait until they are four years old or older before they flower. They say that three years from seed to flower is about average. I know someone that actually waited 20+ years for a seedling to flower. It would have been compost if it was in my yard at Year 6. They say that, if a seedling doesn't flower in the first five years of its life, it should be tossed. Here are my seedlings below, which are three years old. Many of them have "nubbed," which is a common thing for a seedling to do. A "nub" is a thing which starts to come up where the inflo comes up, but it doesn't develop, but it does cause the seedling to have its first branching. Yeah, the wall does retain and release heat so the plumies like it a lot!

So sorry about that hard freeze, Don. That sucks! Did you put your plumies in the greenhouse? As long as the greenhouse stays above 50, they should grow new leaves back. Yeah, I'm praying that move that DH keeps talking about never happens! I need some divine intervention here:-)