A small tree , the plumeria reaches heights of about 30 feet at maturity. Also known as frangipani , plumerias require a warm climate to grow. One may also ask, do plumerias have deep roots? Though it is often grown in a container, a plumeria plant is actually a small flowering tree. Thanks to its relatively shallow root system, its beautiful flowers can be grown in pots. Though easy to transplant, plumeria roots do not like restriction, and special care is required to get bountiful blossoms.
Many extension centers and growing guides, such as the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, consider plumerias slow- growing , meaning they grow less than two feet per year. Pick a place on the trunk to start the canopy and cut away the branches below that mark with pruners. This forms the plumeria into a single-trunk tree. Trim the canopy back a little each year to control its size, but remember that plumeria blossoms at the ends of the branches.
A plumeria is a fast- growing tropical tree that produces masses of fragrant blooms between March and October. A small tree, the plumeria reaches heights of about 30 feet at maturity.
Also known as frangipani, plumerias require a warm climate to grow. Do plumerias lose their leaves in winter? This process eliminates the plant's need for water.
How often do you water Plumeria? While dormant, plumeria do not need to be watered at all except if you live in a dry winter climate then plumeria will need a quick water watering the plant very fast on surface of soil not regular water once every two weeks.
Depending on the species or cultivar, plumeria plants may be upright and compact, or open and sprawling. There are dwarf types with evergreen foliage, but the flower quality tends to not be as good. The P. These plants only branch after flowering or injury. The leaf of P. Waxy, 2- to 4-inch tubular flowers are borne in terminal clusters on the ends of the stems from early summer until fall.
The five rounded overlapping petals may be broadly to narrowly oval. Flower colors include pink, red, white, and yellow, or pastel bicolors. The flowers are very fragrant, with a scent including hints of jasmine, citrus, and gardenia. Since they are pollinated by night-flying sphinx moths, the flowers really begin to release their fragrance in the evening, but they can still have a lovely floral scent at other times.
The flowers are used for making leis on many Pacific Islands. The number of flowers per cluster varies greatly, with some cultivars producing as many as flowers and others as few as 50 over a period of months. And peak bloom time and number of subsequent flushes of flowers also varies by cultivar. Plumeria flowers come in a diversity of shapes and colors. If pollinated, a flower of the species can produce a two-horned seed pod.
The hard, leathery, cylindrical follicles grow up to 8 inches long with pointed ends. When mature, they split along the length of the pod to release the winged seeds, usually in early spring. Thanks for the advice, everyone! I truly appreciate everyone taking their time and responding to my post, and I will definitely bookmark this thread. We've decided that we'll let the taller plumeria run its course for this growing season, and then cut it back next spring.
To be honest, we know very little about these plants, but discovered them on a trip to Hawaii a few years ago, they sure do look awesome! We thought we'd start growing them, so these first few plants are our experimental, "trial and error" plants. We'd really like them to be shorter and fuller, so that they'd flower a bit more, so I will go ahead and cut the taller one later on. Larger pots are also on the to-do list!
Those are indeed staghorn ferns. We started our first one about 20 years ago, which we then split into 3 a few years ago, and just one of them into two more, so now there are 5 hanging from those oaks. We love those ones, too! It must be Aztec Gold because it is a beautiful fragrant gold with white flowers. I need to cut it smaller, but I hate to sacrifice the blooms!
It hasn't even branched yet. I can't foliar feed unless I'm on a ladder or get my hubby to do it. It's already 95 deg here and it might really stress it out.
If anyone is close to Aiken, SC - they can have a piece! RuthAnne, you may want to consider air layering your lanky plumeria over the summer. This area will callous and form roots. I had a plumeria that had a damaged branch. After a while I noticed roots growing out of it, so i wrapped it with Spagnum sp?
I left it like that all summer. This branch bloomed like nothing happed -- while it was rooting. By end of summer, the spagnum was filled with roots. I cut off the plant and potted it up. I got my cutting rooted and did not sacrifice any blooms. The other thing I have read about is "down grafting", where you'd remove a middle section from a long branch and graft the tip back on to the remaining branch.
I would be inclined to pick the option that is most likely to result in more branches on the host plant. I guess you could prune or air layer and end up with only one new branch. Or, you could down graft and end up waiting forever for the tip to bloom and branch again. I have a hunch that we probably won't outsmart these plants I'm thinking it will be easier at some point to dig it up and give it away and replace it with something that has genetics for more compact growth.
I cut my Frangipani in the Spring. I removed on third, now for every branch I removed three have taken its place. I intend to do this every second year. The end result is a shorter thicker growth.
Jungle Jack Plumerias. He has a web site and ships. He carries an assortment of dwarf and miniature plumerias. Mine are 3' tall 3' wide with up to 15 branches and at least flowering branches. Great for flower beds, pots etc.
A bit expensive though. Buy a couple and use cuttings to keep your gardens happy. Right now i have them in pots great cuttings standard white and yellow i hear they cannot be cut to keep too low worried about that. That is all i need to be taught for now on this site as i have a lg. Any help much appreciated! First time on here not sure what to do "oops".
I kept mine inside the house during the winter and leafs does not fall off as normal plumeria during winter time. Good idea by Kawagoe. Dwarf Singapore Pink is a great cultivar to have. What did you wind up doing and how did it turn out? I planted the seeds and almost every one of the seeds grew into very tall thin straight trunks like yours in the picture - only 3 have branched so far.
I live in Central Texas and just brought my trees in for the winter but planning on doing some pruning early next Spring when I bring them back out. But I still have all my plumeria and just this year I cut them all back. They were impossible to get into the storage area where I keep them. When you cut them they do branch out! Good luck! I have several really tall plumerias that are about 10 to 12 feet tall and want to cut them down to about 2 to 3 feet tall.
Can I do this without killing them? You can also root the tops as normal - even if they are foot long. It might be a race to see which way gets to bloom first.. I have a coupla plumeria too tall to go into the storage area again this winter.
Considering they are too tall for your winter storage area it would seem you have to prune in the very near future no matter what. Medium tree. During Frangifest 05 in Queensland it was decided to call this "Daryl Fruit Salad", all others must be named from San Pedro Du Lac white 5" with a dark yellow center that spreads about halfway down the petals. Slight gardenia essence. A tall strong grower. An interesting cultivar gathered near the volcano at ft.
Butterfly Gold aka Very wide petals reminiscent of a butterfly. Flowers have a wonderful sweet scent. Doesn't flower profusely, but blooms are show stoppers, huge and smell nice, Great color Similar to Brazil Campinas, but more fragrant. Pink, moderate Lurline A 4" flower, orange veined flower with spicy fragrance. A smashing combination of reddish-orange on yellow with purplish red tips on outer margins of petals, and exquisite orange star in its center. Petals long and wide, Jeannie Moragne rooted aka Jean Moragne Jr.
Vibrant red fading to reddish pink with large golden yellow bands and pinkish orange lines radiating toward outer edge; narrow petals with pointed tip slightly overlapped; heavy texture; strong Apricot aka Fruit Salad, Sunset Heaven.
Great sweet floral fragrance. Easy to root, a tall grower, produces 4" flowers and has a great scent. Much darker with sun and heat. Choose Options Compare. Tahitian Sunset seedling of Polynesian Sunset. Color darkens and intensifies with heat. Reliable bloomer, soft sherbet colors. Large bloom bouquets. Subtle gardenia fragrance. Semi compact, Choose Options Compare Quick view. It is also one of the first trees planted in the Grove in
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