Tropicals & Tender Perennials: First Plumeria, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
The individual flowers last a few days to a week. Some flowers last longer than others in a plumie ring, which is referred to as its "keeping quality." On the inflo, as old flowers die, new ones come in, and the inflo's grows, branches, and spreads. One inflo can last as long as a year or more. The inflo's that are coming in now for me will keep blooming until December at which point they will either turn brown and fall off or stop blooming until the following spring. Smaller inflo's on smaller plants might not last as long. Many of the flowers that I have now are blooming on last year's inflo's. That is why I made the thread last year about why we never cut off inflo's;-)

Here is a portion of one of my favorite yellow plumeria trees. I've pointed out the old and new inflo's on the limbs in the picture so you can see what I mean.