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.

Growing The Moringa Oleifera Tree from seed aka The Miracle Tree

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Items: container with a lid, paper towels, moringa seeds, water

Soak your moringa seeds in water for 24 hours. After 24 hours drain the water from your seeds, place your paper towels in the bottom of your container and spray with water until damp. Set your seeds on top of your damp paper towels and place in an area between 60 - 80 degrees. After a few days the seeds will begin to crack open like an egg and the shoot or shoots and roots will emerge from the same side as they germinate. Get your Moringa Seeds here Moringa Seeds 

Once they germinate gently remove your seedling from the paper towel and place them in potting soil with the roots going down and the leaves facing up. Place your seedling in a sunny window or under grow lights during the cold winter months. ~ The Moringa Tree grows in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India.The Moringa tree is also known as "The Miracle Tree" and "The Elixir of Long Life" due to its miraculous healing abilities. It contains 46 types of antioxidants. According to recent studies, moringa leaves contain 90 different types of nutrients, 7 times more vitamin c than oranges, 4 times more calcium than milk, 4 times more potassium than bananas, 4 times more vitamin A than carrots, 50 times more vitamin B3 than peanuts, 36 times more magnesium than eggs, and 25 times more iron than spinach.
(After a few weeks your Moringa Tree seedlings will begin to take shape) :)

It also includes high amounts of additional nutrients such as iodine, lutein, zinc, zeatin, dietary fiber, selenium, and beta-carotene. The leaves of the moringa tree contain 18 amino acids, eight of which are essential amino acids, making them a "complete" protein - a rarity in the plant world.

Indeed, moringa's protein content rivals that of meat, also due to their trace mineral content, dried and powdered moringa leaves are great for nourishing the skin. The Moringa seeds produce a healthy oil, the pods contain almost 40 percent of this edible non-drying oil called "ben oil," which is comparable to olive oil in nutritional and antioxidant value. Ben oil is odorless, sweet-tasting, clear and - most importantly - lasts indefinitely. Moringa leaf powder is also immune from spoiling...

* * * * Update September 2015 * * *

The first tree has 3 trunks and is growing nice, The second tree is a single stem and is growing nice also :) I will do updates on the other 5 tree seedlings within the next few days & weeks :)

I will be doing updates on these Moringa Tree seedlings as they grow ;)  Get your Moringa seeds here Moringa Seeds Enjoy :) ~ Lawrence

Bird of Paradise blooms for the first time on Christmas Day ;)

The bird of paradise decided it wanted to show us its amazing blooms on christmas day ;) Merry Christmas Everyone !!!