Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What potting soil are you using?, 1 by jackiescompost

jackiescompost wrote:
That plumeria garden is fully exposed with the few queens you can see behind them (here's a taller picture). The shadows being cast over some of the plumerias are from the morning sun. After that, they are in full sun. The really large plumeria I showed (same house) is full sun exposure, no tree canopy over it, either. I think these are things worth observing. The palm society makes note and keeps records because there are many new palms being introduced into not only our area but this country and many palms they believed would not tolerate freezing temperatures have survived. It's an interesting puzzle and worth looking into further. From the list of all the exceptions you gave, it would appear that it's possible to grow plumerias in many places outside their "official" zone.