Tropicals & Tender Perennials: how long?, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Kathy_ann, be sure to fertilize will a high middle number and put that baby in full sun!

Nan, here is what an inflo looks like. Many plumerias bloom before the leaves come out or at the same time that the leaves come out. Some people cut off the inflo while their cutting is rooting so that energy will go toward rooting and not flowering. Sometimes -- very rarely -- a cutting will flower at the expense of rooting. Sometimes, the inflo will not have enough energy on its own to bloom, and it will turn brown and fall off. This is not uncommon when a cutting is rooting. Sometimes, it will produce one or two small flowers and no more when it is rooting. The good news is that, once it is fully rooted, it will usually continue to flower the following year.