Tropicals & Tender Perennials: 10 months growth not bad, but..., 0 by JPlunket

JPlunket wrote:
Thank you so much, Clare. I have taken in some of the considerable wisdom you've provided others in this forum, now glad to have specific advice from a real expert.

I'm going to try rooting the large cutting as you suggest. We get consistent heat down there, and I've had other plants root when I left them too long in a rubbish heap, so I count my prsopects as good.

FOr any other newbies like me, who might be looking for nuance, or to substitute hope for reality, take note: the difference made by full sun vs anything less is really dramatic. I planted many cuttings in spots I'd generally describe as sunny, though a dappled sun by noon and light shade by late afternoon, and they are all still just sitting there, reluctantly leafing, with nary a new branch among them. The one pictured above gets sun by 8AM and takes it all day until 4 or 5 and is growing nearly to excess --as if "excess" is something that would bother a plumeria fan...

Need I say that I plan to move all the others (like the ones pictured here) into similar spots?

This message was edited Oct 13, 2007 9:32 PM