Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Can Plumerias be grown in LV, NV?, 1 by WormsLovSharon

WormsLovSharon wrote:
Dave, you have a D Mail.

I got up at 6am and hit the front landscape. The weather was beautiful and I got lot done. I escaped inside at 10:30. I was wearing down by then. I still have a mess in the courtyard but you cannot see that from the street.

Shoulder giving me fits today. It is burning and that means the "Nerve" is not happy. I do not take pain pills and the two extra strength Tylenol did not work. But with all the agony going on in the world, I am not going to complain about a little ache and pain. AND, I am not going to stop gardening. Maybe when I get old. And when I am 95, if some TSA agent wants to check my diaper, I am going to take it off and throw it at him.

The first photo is my $27 Plumeria i purchased from HD last year. Was very small. Derick said never buy Plumeria from HD again. Following Derick's instructions, they spent the winter in my deceased mother's bedroom with many windows and no heat and were watered once a month. Scared me to death but look at them now.

The substance on the leaves is dust and dirt. I did not realize they were that dusty until I moved them into the sun to take their photo. They are still in the original HD pot but have been deep soaked in super thrive and Dr. B's potion. Dr. B's is a local concoction from a local nursery.

Funny story. About 5 years ago I used to have this tree service come in the spring and spray feed all my trees and landscape. About 3 years ago they pulled up in the driveway with their sprayer and started filling the tank with my water. Very large tank. About 50 times bigger than a large garbage container. during this time they took their lunch. For some strange reason, I was in the driveway when I saw one of the workers pouring Dr. B's potion into the container. And then they spent the next hour spraying everything in the landscape. When they left, the tank was still half full. Then they went across the street and used my water and the Dr. B's potion to spray the neighbors. The light went on and now we buy the potion, put in our EZ Flow self irrigation fertilizer system, which cost $250, and saved all that money. And my neighbors still think I am a genius. Just a quirk I went outside when they were pouring their secret potion into the tank. Of course, I am a littler ol lady and they figured I did not have a clue. I watched and they added nothing else.

Sorry for the long dialogue.