Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Looking for named plumeria cuttings, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Kathy, I don't have any plumeria available to trade right now, and most of us here on this forum are just starting out with growing plumerias and don't have branches to prune yet. It takes a few years to get to the point where a tree needs trimming. I've been growing them for about two years now, and most of mine are single-branched rooted cuttings that I just obtained this year, but my largest ones have three branches. When these three branches start branching again, I may have something to cut, but it is hard to prune because one doesn't want to disfigure a beautiful tree. In a few years, I will probably be able to prune a branch without it being noticable on the tree.

In case you didn't know, I always recommend Aloha Palms to people on a budget who want to start growing plumerias because they sell them for a very cheap price of $1.99 each. You have to buy a minimum of five, but with shipping, it comes to about $15, which is not a bad initial investment. They are not named varieties, but they are beautiful nonetheless. I still have eight of the thirteen that I bought from them, and they were the first plumeria cuttings that I bought. Here's a link: http://www.alohapalms.com/cgi-bin/store/agora.cgi You may want to consider waiting until January or February to order them so you can start rooting them in the spring when the weather starts to warm. Fall and winter are the hardest times to root plumeria cuttings since they need a lot of heat to root. Their Rainbows, Apricots, Reds, and Singapores in particular can be a bit tricky to root, but heat will give you a fighting chance! LOL! Good luck!

Here's one of my yellows from AP: