| hi there i have 2 two year old plumerias i am growing from cuttings .not even one of them has flowered ....they are beautifuly covered with enormous leaves.is there a timtable to when they should flower? my 5 year old plumeria is flowering already nearly a month. i live in jerusalem israel. the plumerias are each from different colors. |
| It depends on the way the cutting was taken. Even though you can get just a stick of plumeria to root and grow leaves, it seems to need to be a forked branch you must start with. That may be just folk wisdom, but as I've observed it holds true. And it could take two or three years for first bloom. |
| I've seem and had several plumeria 'sticks' grow and bloom. My first plummie (triple branched) took 4 years to get it's first bloom then didn't bloom this year... My second one (a stick) bloomed within 6 months then took 2 years to bloom again and skipped this year. I always start them by callousing the cuttings off for a few days then planting in half soil, half sand mix. Water once, place in bright lighting but not direct sun where it doesn't get watered (covered porch or patio works good) and withhold water until there are signs of new growth. My neighbor actually forgot two cuttings - found them under her carport a few months later and stuck them in her front yard. They not only grew, but one bloomed the next spring (it was a stick with no branching)! In general, I believe they bloom when they are darn good and ready and no amount of attention or fertilizer is going to change that, LOL! They do teach patience... I did learn, with my first plummie, that produce tons of huge leaves but no blooms for the first 5 years, that I was over fertilizing (didn't think that was possible with pure organic fertilizers) but once I took the advice of plummie growers in my fav gardening group and stopped fertilizing, it bloomed the next spring. Now I only fertilized in the early spring when it's first leaves are forming and then again mid summer. But according to those folks, blooming is unpredictable and can be sporadic, expecially the first few years. The wait is well worth it, and they make spectacular plants/trees in the mean time. I have found they need all the sun they can get to bloom profusely, even here in Florida... |
| thank you so much i cannot stop wondering the surprises nature has for me. for example this morning i saw a 2 meter high hollyhock bent over all the way down to the ground and along its stem there were horizontal little offshoots starting there way up. incredible. |
