Adventitious leafy growth in Plumerias; my first.

Tucson, AZ

Quote from vossner :
Interesting about the pot size. not a single one of my plumies is in a pot a small as shown in the tutorial. perhaps I've been using too big/cumbersome of pots.


i don't think he would normally plant plumeria in those small pots if they were not going to be plunged. they would blow over otherwise. i think he went small because he know that the roots would grow out of the pots and in the garden bed.

Tucson, AZ

Quote from Lily_love :
Boys, voss, after my trip to Maui, Hawaii. I realized these plumerias can grow to a sizable tree! 30' tall and wide or bigger. I guess the size and speed of its growth all dependent upon the size our pots, the sunny condition, and the nutrients we supply them. They are fascinating to see them in the natural habitat!


i think that the first plumeria arrived in hawaii in 1886. you will usually not see them so lush in their native habitat.

Tucson, AZ

Quote from Lily_love :
tp, the picture you provided above on 4:44 hrs. post. Those are the one you dug up at the end of the season?


lily, those are the ones that i pulled out of their containers at the end of the growing season. they were not plunged. i will never bare root during winter again! : )

Tucson, AZ

Quote from vossner :
Tucson, same question from me except that on my screen your pic is time-stamped 5:44. Why is foliage so small? beginning of spring?


vossner, it was the end of the growing season. i snipped off the leaves and left some of the leaf stem to fall off naturally.

Tucson, AZ

Quote from Lily_love :
Thank Voss, I'm glad you've taken delight in my thread. BTW, if you look at the pic. closer. Those are only leave-stems. Tp must have taken all the leaves off to allow the tree to rest during dormancy. Tp, if I was incorrect, please help correct my misconception.


you are absolutely correct lily! : )

Tucson, AZ

Quote from Lily_love :
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/754182/

Here was my introductory on my experience on growing these beautiful plants as a hobby. Hope you'll enjoy.


wow! lily your starter plumeria are beautiful. i can see that was one fun experience starting off with them. btw, i don't think your containers are too large for the size of plumeria that you have now. i would go with just regular black nursery pots if you do plunge. they have more holes for drainage and are not fancy, so they can be buried and not lose any value.

Central, AL(Zone 7b)

Thank you tp for your recommendation. I'll need to do some planning on plunging them next year. I hope to see some flowers as they're looking promising so far where they're. I'm glad you've enjoy my thread. Have you followed the other continuation threads? There are 10 of them.

Tucson, AZ

10! LOL you can see that i am quite behind on this one. : ) i will have to check them out as time allows. i hope that you get some more blooms. btw, your plumeria are very nice and i am sure that they love the humidity.

Central, AL(Zone 7b)

Yes, I was quite concern about the humidity at the beginning, but having been in 'tropical rain forrest' of Hawaii this early spring. I now understand that they (plumerias) don't mind high humidity much. Only the gardener that cares for them here. lol.

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Tucson, AZ

i think it helps them take the sun better when in hotter conditions.

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