Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor (Quisqualis indica)

Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor
Quisqualis indica

This is the double form of Quisqualis indica. It is currently blooming in December in my greenhouse

Clare this is sooooo pretty! I've seen pics of it before somewhere and I was interested in it than. Does it grow from seeds and do you where I could buy some?
:) Donna

Why do you have a GH Clare in zone 10b? To keep the plants cooler?

I have never seen this plant before, very nice! Thanks

Hi Donna! I know the single Rangoon Creeper sets seeds pretty easily, but I don't think the same is true of the double one. I've not seen any seeds on mine yet. I got this one from Gardino's last winter, and it rapidly died after I received it. Gardino's replaced it with another one last spring. I think they propagate their plants from cuttings. This plant is still pretty small. I put it in my portable greenhouse to keep it growing and flowering because I think it would go dormant and drop its leaves otherwise. Here's a link to Gardino's: http://www.rareflora.com/ They have both the single and the double for sale.

Hi Kell! I have a few cold-sensitive tropicals and semi-tropicals which don't like temperatures below about 55. Nighttime temperatures drop into the low 40's/high 30's here at night. I have about 40 plumeria seedlings and 40 adenium seedlings which need the warmer temperatures also. I'm also trying to root a bunch of plumeria cuttings, which can be difficult to do in the wintertime, but the added heat of the greenhouse helps to facilitate that process. My Allamanda is blooming inside my greenhouse, but it would be sulking if it were outside. My Passiflora quadrangularis "Warmlands" died last winter when temperatures dropped below 45 so I had to buy it again, and this winter, it is blooming inside the greenhouse. I also have three Canangas (Ylang Ylang trees), and two of them are blooming inside the greenhouse as well. I have an oil radiant heater in there and some additional lights. Here's a recent picture:


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This message was edited Dec 30, 2004 1:20 PM

Wow, Clare - that's a lot of plumeria cuttings! My mom has a big plumeria (she has to move it into the garage every winter) and she gave me a cutting last spring. Unfortunately I overwatered it and it rotted. I'll get more this spring and remember that it doesn't need as much water as everything else in this hot Texas sun. :-)
Terrie

Hi Terrie! LOL, I do have a lot of cuttings. I spent a fortune this year on them.

Plumerias are very sensitive to moisture when they first are trying to root, but after that, if they are planted in well-draining soil, they are not as sensitive to overwatering. I have some big ones which are planted in very well-draining, sandy soil, and those have to be watered every day in the summer, but it is true that plumerias are much more forgiving of being dry for long periods of time. Here is a great site for plumeria information and for rooting instructions: http://www.plumeria101.com/cuttings101.html

Thanks, Clare. I'm saving that to my favorites.

Clare, I want to visit your GH!!! LOL

Awe, Kell, you are welcome to my place anytime. I'm sure my garden is nothing compared to yours:-) You'll have to come in the summer when all the plumerias will be in bloom (hopefully)!

If I came then, I may have to move in! LOL. I bet it just smells so divine with all you have!