Goodbye February, Hello March! After all of the crazy storms the garden is ...

After all of the crazy storms the garden is under construction, but we are looking forward to another great year in the Eternal Garden ;) ~ Lawrence H

Happy Winter Solstice From The Eternal Garden

Growing Plumeria's (Frangipani)

We first came across Plumeria's on our Trip to the sacred Island of Hawaii. The plumeria leis had a smell that was so hypnotizing that we had to grow our own!
Plumeria, a flowering shrub and tree often known as frangipani. Plumeriais a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae They are native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Brazil but can be grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
I rooted this plumeria cutting using the bag method. I filled a small sandwich bag with potting soil and moistened it with water using a spray bottle, then I dipped the plumeria cutting in rooting hormone and placed the Plumeria cutting into the sandwich bag using a rubber band to seal in the moisture. Keep in a warm place since plumeria's love heat and humidity.

Within six weeks you should see roots.

Once the plumeria has rooted I potted it up into a small pot using a mix of potting soil and perlite since plumeria's love good drainage. Water it about once a week and give it a fertilizer that is high in Phosphate.

When the plumeria gets too big for its little pot it is time to pot in up again into an even larger container so it can continue to grow even larger.

If you live in a place that has cold winters you will need to bring it indoors, all the leaves will die back but it will awaken in the spring.

This is an inflo where the flowers will bloom.

First bloom. ;)

Enjoy the beautiful colors and smell the fragrance of paradise!! I will be doing updates on this plant and on my other plumeria plants soon!! Enjoy :)

Lawrence H.