Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Blooms?? How looooong must I wait???, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Silverfluter, if your greenhouse gets some intense heat during the day, you might consider putting it in the greenhouse instead of your house. You will see it perform even better, given more heat. The flowers will be bigger and brighter in the greenhouse than they would be in your house. It won't go into shock, however, if brought inside. Added heat and light will help tremendously. If it is still warm during the day, you could put your plumeria outside during the day and bring it in at night.

LOL, Teresa! I use little ones on my patio too with heating pads inside if I am trying to root cuttings over the winter. See pic below;-)

Kathleen, I got my Flowerhouse Springhouse here: http://www.comforthouse.com/flowerhouse1.html It looks like they are on special right now for $128 -- not a bad price at all. You probably don't need one in your area either, but it does allow you to have flowers all winter long. If I leave a plumeria with an inflo outside all winter, the inflo usually dries up and falls off without blooming. Sometimes, a plumie will hold on to an inflo all winter and bloom in the spring though. All the ones in the greenhouse keep their leaves and keep growing through the winter too.