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How to Care for Plumeria


I'm not fan of big trees but this one had captured my heart. The mysterious aura concerning fragrant flowers and the Balinese style plants truly add glamour and glory in small space garden.
Plumerias commonly known as Frangipani are truly remarkable specimen. You either love them or hate them and it these extreme spectrum - love knows no bounds.


Like most tropical plants their general care is very much similar.

Light: These require direct sunlight areas, they can tolerate shaded area but requires to be planted in outdoor garden space. They won't bloom in heavy shaded areas.

Watering: 
Daily watering but these will able to establish itself once the roots are set on ground. However these will flourish better on the drier side. Too much water can cause them to root rot.


Tips for flowering: (Pruning & Feeding)
I would suggest to break off the leaves, snap off all of them and put in a flowering fertilizer once removing the leaves. The new shoot will appear with the flower spike first. New flowers will appear for few days from the flower inflorescent.


The leaves are succumb to rust. Do use anti-fungus spray to deter them or best remove the affected leaves and spray on the stem & crown center to totally wipe them out.


Flowers:
The blooms are truly remarkable, during evening time the flowers emit sweet fragrance that flood the garden. Truly mesmerizing. 


Propagation:

The best would be stem cutting. Once cut, the cutting sap off latex milk which it best to let it heal itself for few days. Once the wound is closed or dried - plant it in a potting mix and keep in a bright shade until the new growth had taken place and slowly introduce to open outdoor area where it receive good sun & rain for better growth.


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