Beginner Gardening: plumaria, 0 by jgiese

jgiese wrote:
Does anyone else take their plumarias out of the ground completely through the winter. I take mine out of the pot, shake all the dirt from the roots, and let it dry out. Of course, all the leaves fall off, but I hang it up in the garage where it won't freeze, and then I put it back in the ground in the spring. It pops right back out. One year, due to illness, I left the plumaria drying in the garage from about November of one year until August of the next year. I assumed it was dead, but I decided to put it back into the ground and see what happened. It started growing right away after it was planted and watered and it did great. I know that sounds like a lot of work, but it was easier for me to dig it up and store it, than it was to try to keep it covered when it freezes here in Central Texas.

This picture is one that I have on my patio now. It gets removed from the dirt every winter.