Hey Freak,

Don't feel bad. I'm in the IE and my plants are all over the place. No blooms yet, either. Some plants are fully awake, and some are just starting to come out of dormancy. I had most of them in the garage still during the early heat wave, so I think that's why many of them are super slow (and plus the fact our night time temps are just now getting above 50). I have small inflos starting on Guillot's Sunset, Celadine, Desert Sunrise, Thumbalina, Divine, SuperRound (which was the only one of my plants not to go dormant this winter!!), and a few others - I'm hoping that we'll be back to normal by the time these guys bloom!!

I am in Lakewood and had a few early inflo that did not make it but I have so many that are going to bloom and some that have already bloomed. I did go out and take some pictures which I am sharing. Most have woke up but I have a few sleepyheads that are taking their own sweet

time. With this going to rain and so on I am having trouble with should I water or should I not but if we don't get anymore rain by tomorrow night I am going to start giving them a good drink of water. I finally had to break the yard up in to 1/3 to water so will start tomorrow night. Hope that you enjoy the pictures. Barb

Same situation in my regionn, but without early inflos, in my case very late inflos from late seasson.The mild temps allowed the plants to maintain the inflos, then and the end of winter , northly winds messed everything and all the inflos except one got dark and finally fell... 5 plants being precise. Now we had some very hot days last week, above 40C•, so it gave them a push but again this week is cooler, in the range of the 20 C, very unstable contidions to allow them to really explode ,they are growing timidly

Aloha from the mediterranean

Barb ... Just to let you know, in a couple of seasson your path will be foot wide . :_D, plumerias are very addicting!!!

My sister lives in Huntington Beach. Her huge plumerias are only 3 years old, planted directly in the ground, have tons of inflos and some are blooming. I don't know the name of her plants. I think she received cuttings from coworkers. I'm surprised her plumerias are so young because they are beasts! She regularly prunes too.

After seeing her trees, I'm going to look for dwarfs. :)

James,

I'm in the same boat! My plumies are going to need therapy soon ;-/. They are so confused! Some of the inflos that started super early, also went dark and dull, but are now starting to show signs of a partial recovery. Overall, that short heatwave really got them going, many started pushing inflos, and now they have pretty much stalled. Musk Rainbow, just lost its last leaf a few weeks ago. Others are just waking up. The exception is Elizabeth Thornton's Lemon Drop - bright green leaves, and she is the happiest plant in the garden. I think I need to nickname her "Grumpy." Lol!

Grrrr... is right! I did see rain in the forecast! I know we need it, but did it have to come right after I potted up your cuttings? I actually brought them in the house for a few days when it rained last week.

Well, on the bright side, maybe this stall will allow you to make your trip and return in time to see your first bloomers of the season!

Smiles ;-)

Wendi

Keilann,
Does your sister live near Bud Guillot? Does she get rust on her plumies, couple years ago Bud said he had gotten rust.

Wendi,
Do you get the June Gloom inflo abortions? When I get too many early inflos, come June about 30% plus abort, do you have the same issue as your in my old hood which is the colder, wetter, foggy section of PV?
Fantasias inflo is done as the top buds are really dried up and matte (will post pic when I go to the patch tomorrow), not just dull and dark. Last year during June gloom Fantasia did the same thing, I guess she wants to keep her shape and not push out an inflo, the other issues is last year and this year the tip did not split, so I still have a single tip. I guess Fantasia is better off in a warm dry or humid area.
Aurora Borealis does the same thing every year, come June gloom all the early inflos look matte turn black then abort, luckily she blooms on a short tip, usually will send out another inflo on the same tip. I guess the plumie has to get to a certain size/no# tips to overcome this issue.

Hope all your cuttings are progressing and doing well.

Cheers

James,

For me, the inflos that abort are usually the ones that start in the winter. This year, J-105, Mini White, and Delightful started inflos in December, and then they started to turn black. J- 105 is recovering and sending out a couple of buds. Most of the inflo aborted, though. Delightful is toast, and I'm not sure about Mini White yet. Many of mine did not branch last year either, even though they bloomed. I hope you get to see Fantasia this year. It's like you said, sometimes you have to wait, and then you get something spectacular. From the pictures I've seen, Fantasia is stunning. I hope she is not close to getting the boot!

If we can get past this gloom and the temps start warming up, it should be a good year for blooms.

Smiles and cheers right back to you!

Barb13, I'm afraid that's what my back yard is gonna look like in 10 years. Love it! How long have you been at it?

I saw them at a home and garden show about 19-20 years ago, but lost the first couple I bought. Went to the show again and tried again, this time I put them in the hottest place in the yard and added some each year. But did not go crazy until we filled in the swimming pool in Dec of 2014 at that point I think I had about 400 and a lot I grow from seeds. Some I bought on ebay and other web sites. So those pictures are only a part of the yard. I still have been growing some from seeds most years. It is always fun to see what blooms from my own little babies. But this looks like it is going to be a really nice year. So many that have never bloomed before are going to this year and I can hardly wait. The one that is in the big orange pot next to the bench is the first one I got to grow. I have trimmed any branches that go to far out on the path. I really enjoying watching them. Barb

Very nice congrats. I'm 39 and never knew what a plumeria was until last year. My mother in law gave me one, and I don't exactly know what it is that draws me to them. But I have it bad. I have lots of plants, and even a vegetable garden, but nothing moves my needle like plumeria. It's kinda wierd.

Thank you, I think that you have been bitten by that bug. I love how long that they bloom, different colors and even when they are not blooming the different shapes and colors of the leaves. It is crazy, but you are in good company. :)

freak4plumeria,
I started liking plumerias last month and found this forum via Google. My first purchase was a Toba's Fire cutting that I found out about here. I'm don't know anyone yet but if they have lots of plumerias, I'd like to become their friend!

My sister lives close to the Bella Terra shopping center. She gave me some cuttings when I visited on Mother's Day and I don't recall seeing rust on the leaves when I was slicing them off. I didn't even know she grew plumerias. I live in San Diego and whenever I visit, my family usually gathers at my brother's place in Santa Ana. I stopped by her place because I was gifting her a Nespresso machine and wanted to show her how to use it. Lucky me! She ended up giving me plumeria cuttings from 3 different varieties and a seed pod! She had no idea
what the boomerang thingamajig was until I told her. I let her know that pods need to mature for 9 months and she said it's been there for approximately that amount of time. Yay! The seed pod came off a tree with pink flowers and dark pink veins. I'm hoping for some colorful babies in a couple years.

This picture was taken on 5/10/15 in HB. It's a tree that one of my cuttings came from.

I don't have a "patch" yet, but I my small green house is filled up. The temperature in there has been good - lows in the mid-50's and highs in the high-90's. Things are rooting and leafing OK. I have a few plants that are outside the greenhouse and in the ground. My Kaneohe Sunburst is flowering and foliage looks good. Other than that, the rest of them that are outside still looks like they are barely coming out of dormancy but not lush green foliage like the KSB or those in the greenhouse.

keilann - I'm just a few blocks from Bella Terra as well. Envious of your sister who's getting big trees in just 3 yrs! I've only had plants for about a year now but those that I put in the ground don't look like they've grown much in that year. They get full sun and everything. I can see new growth growing but the current branches just don't seem to get any bigger and the plant overall just seems the same size.

Hi Tom,
I'm visiting again next month. I can ask her if she does anything special to the soil but I doubt she does. Plants grow crazy at her place. Her lemons are the size of grapefruit! I was curious about Bud G. and found out he lives close to Bella Terra too. I saw an article with a picture of the front of his house. Let's just call it PlumeriaLand. I think it's just a matter of time before your plants take off.