Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #110, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Jan, that's a really pretty plumeria. Doesn't look like a seed pod to me, though. Anybody else seen a plumeria seed pod?

The easy way to propagate plumerias is by cuttings. The only trick is you need to let the cut end of the cutting dry and form a 'callus' before you can stick it in a pot and start a new plant. The cutting I got that I started my plant from was about 9in. long and from the thick end of a stem, about an inch in diameter. In the picture, it is about 5ft. tall and wide in 3 years. The flowers were right at nose level - mm.

Being as we're going into fall, you might need to protect the new plant (in the lanai would be fine, I'd think) but it will take off and do great next spring. If you're going to remove the whole original plant anyway, you'll have lots of cuttings to start. Just think, a whole hedge of plumeria at your new house? Let me know if you need pots.

btw. Sarasota County's Master Gardener Plant Sale is next Saturday from 8am - 2pm. Let me know if you want to meet, or go with me. It's just up the street from my house.