Plumie Flowers in a Ring

Here is a ring that I put together today!

Awesome as always Clare!

Thanks, Dana!

Beautiful ring clare thanks i enjoyed it..

...me thinks you need a black background!
;=)

wow, that is gorgeous.

Thanks, Robert and Pebble! Next time, I'll break out one of my black t-shirts for the picture, Robert;-)

Clare, that is a beautiful ring of plumerias. It must be nice to have that many flowers at one time. What is the container the flowers are sitting in? Looks very interesting. Would you post the pic in the cut flower forum? It's beautiful. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/bringemin/all/

Thanks, Karma. It's a pansy ring that is called a plumie ring, and this one is in the shape of a lei. Here's a link about them: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/662463/

Thanks for showing me that link, Clare. I had so much fun looking through it. I haven't even had one bloom yet, so the pansy/plumie ring is totally out of the question.

This message was edited Sep 27, 2007 6:19 PM

Henrietta looks like your seedling only seedlings bigger.

Dana, I think you're right. I actually have several that look similar, and I am making notes and only keeping my favorites because I don't need a bunch of similar-looking flowers. These get to be trees and take up a lot of room, and I am on a small lot so I am choosing my favorites and scaling down. They all smell different so it is hard to make up my mind sometimes.

A friend came over this week and wanted to pick my flowers to take with her to her dance class. She bought some tiny barretts, and the woman wear them in their hair. So I picked all these flowers for her but took a picture before I gave them to her. I put the ring on black just for Robert;-) There is a bit of a glare. Sorry about that.

Killer flowers. Your backyard must be alive with color!
Do you have any pictures, from a distance, of all the different varieties flowering at once?
Thanks again
Davie

Claire those ar great, How do you decide to part with some......It must be hard.

Davie, I posted my yard on a thread a while ago, but I'm not sure I'll be able to find that thread again. I move my plumies around a lot, and many are placed between in ground plants all over the yard. I also have a girlfriend that comes over and buys from me, and she only buys the ones in bloom so a lot of my blooms have gone to her this summer. Here are a few pics of my yard below.

Pebble, good question. I take into consideration fragrance, bloom size, blooming habit, growth habit, and color for the most part. Fragrance is important so that is a top consideration. If the flower has little to no fragrance, then it is probably not one that I will end up keeping unless it has other special qualities. I also don't care much for small blooms. I like my blooms to be at least 3 inches across. If the bloom size is small, then it should have a great fragrance or other great quality. A good quality is a reliable bloomer that blooms every year without fail. Desirable growth habit for me is a short grower, only growing a little bit before branching and flowering again. Dwarves are great if the flower isn't too small. I like all different colors, and I love whites too, but I figure that I don't need lots of flowers that look the same. For example, I have a bunch of dark pinks and a bunch of light pinks so I will be picking a couple of each which have the best fragrances. Whites are tough because many smell wonderful so I look at bloom size and blooming habit and other qualities to choose between the whites.

Davie, here is a picture of some of my trees, but flowering is winding down now, and it is hard to see the blooms through all the foliage.

Here is a little island of plumies:

Here is a backyard panoramic view -- two pictures were joined together.

This one might be better.

Here are some more blooming trees:

This was in July -- a side view:

Same group, frontal view:

Drooling down south....

Thanks, Kathleen!

Here are a few more:

More in the back:

Off the patio:

Side yard:

Other side against the house:

Patio area:

More against the house:

I have to throw this one in even though it is a little blurry. This old guy is just too cute.

Clare, do you keep yours outdoors year round? you must, otherwise you would have to have a gigantic greenhouse, which you just might have. what is the best way to propagate? cutting? how are seeds? how long before they bloom?
thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

Wowie, Clare. This is what I've been waiting to see. Plumie heaven. I think the foliage is just as beautiful as the flowers. Thanks so much for sharing....I have to start collecting now.

Thanks, Pebble and Karmaplace.

Pebble, yes, mine stay outside all year. I do erect some pop up temporary greenhouses for any cuttings I am rooting, recent grafts, and anything with a late inflo. The blooming will stop in December unless I put them in the temporary greenhouse, and then they will keep blooming through the winter. A lot of my seedlings send up inflo's in the fall so I have to put them in the greenhouse if I want to see them bloom. Rooting cuttings or making grafts are the best way to propagate plumerias for the soonest flowers. Seedlings take 3-5 years to bloom for the first time, sometimes longer. Some will bloom at two years old, but that is rare unless you live in a tropical paradise like Thailand. Mine are in fairly ideal conditions, but I am still waiting for about 30 four-year-olds to bloom. Also, since seeds don't come true to the parent, you never know what the bloom will look like so cuttings or grafts are the only way to ensure a genetic duplicate of a cultivar. Florida Colors Nursery sells worldwide, and since you are in Turkey, grafted cultivars would travel best if you are interested in acquiring some, but perhaps you have a nursery there that carries them?

Karmaplace, I love the foliage too.

Thank you. Clare your collection is Awesome. You have so many large trees. Your yard looks, and must smell spectacular. Do you ever plan on planting any of them directly in the ground? Thanks again for the pictures.
Davie

Looks great clare with the black background...
Brings out the colors me thinks..
Thanks for sharing..

Good golly miss molly, Clare...gracious...that's a Plumie Forest if I've ever seen one!!! I've always thought your yard must be like an Eden!!

Hi Davie, thanks for the compliments;-) I'm a renter here and put a lot of plants in the ground, including two large Michelias. I wanted to keep them in containers, but they were getting rootbound in 25-gallon containers so they really needed a spot in the ground. I still have my Michelia x alba in a container and will hold on to that one. I planted my larger Ylang Ylang too. I have planted the landscape pretty densely so there is not much room for more, but I did put a Brad's White, Celadine, unnamed rainbow, and a pink seedling in the ground, but they are small right now.

Thanks, Robert! I agree the black brings out the colors;-)

Thanks, Chantell! That's sweet of you to say. I like it a lot, but it is a lot of work!

Clare those are great I knew you had your own forrest there lol. Takes alot of time and alot of money . You do a great job with them!

Haven't posted in plumies for a while... but Clare! As always... lovely, lovely plants and flowers!
Your plumie rings always make me swoon.

Gettin' to be time here in Virginnie to be bringin' the babies in for the winter!

I be nervous!

Thanks, Dana! You are so right about the time and money! I am in the process of scaling back to save both.

Thanks, Karen! It's good to see you here again. I'm sure your babies will be fine over the winter, but I understand your nervousness. After last winter's record cold temps, I'm nervous too.

This message was edited Oct 25, 2007 1:47 PM

Probably the last plumie ring of the season! Some flowers had to be rinsed due to the rain of ash here lately!