I brought some of my youngest Plumeria in to sit by a sunny window. My large ones did Ok outside but the lows only got to 42*. Still, they are droopy this morning. I am going to bring them in, I think. At least with consistent indoor temps they won;t be in such shock. The Pudica can withstand lower temps I think?? They still look great.

Thank you so much, Bubbles. That's just what I wanted to hear.

Contact Dutchlady 1 (Heddy). She is far more expert than I when it concerns plumeria. I can only tell you what you have to do here in NE Mississippi. Living in tropical or sub-tropical areas has no earthly relationship to the rest of the world. It isn't lows in the 40's that is the problem. It is the heavy frosts and freezes that most of those in the Northern Hemishere have to deal with. There is little doubt that if one had a large enough solarium/greenhouse/ garden room, one could grow any of the tropicals and not have to worry about dormancy. My two greenhouses and enclosed porch are full of other tropicals, with one greenhouse dedicated only to orchids, so I have no choice but to force dormancy and bring in all the plumeria to over-winter in contractor bags Ken

It's tight quarters in front of one of only two sunny windows in my house! We'll try to keep these Plumeria growing over the winter here.

I'm in the same situation Cheryl lol. I only have 2 sunny windows in my house. Most are on the northside and shaded by cedar trees. I may put my plumerias back outside since the temperature will be warm the rest of the week. I'm keeping my 40 seedlings indoors because I don't want to have to move them again lol.

Cameron, how are your 40 seedlings doing? That's a lot of plumerias! We've had a couple of freezing nights finally. Supposed to freeze again tonight. Hasn't been too bad for the plants yet.

All my good intentions went out the window the closer we got to the holidays. I did put most of my tropicals into the hoops, as well as the big plumerias. I just threw the rest of the plumerias in the garage. I hadn't really checked on them until I started taking down the Xmas decorations.

Posting a photo of possibly why DH dislikes my plants. The plumerias that I stored in the garage are blocking his workspace and counter. I haven't watered any of them yet. I'll probably spritz them a little next month. They are shooting out new growth, even after I chopped some of them back to store. By February, I'll be able to start moving them to the back patio, repot them, and fatten 'em up. Some of these are seedlings I bought over 5 years ago.

Great job Sandi! If you pot the seedlings up in a larger size and fertilize them well they should bloom for you soon!

Yes, Hettie, I was on a garden tour in June and once it was over, I just collapsed and let things go. We had such a dry, hot summer, I couldn't keep up with everything. One of those pots is filled with "sticks" for potting up in spring. Have some nice fat ones in the hoops! Just need to cut back (can't believe I said that!).

Most of my plumeria seedlings look pitiful now. I can't wait until I'm able to put them outside so they can recover. My rooted plants are still producing leaves even though they get very little light. Your plumerias look so nice Sandi. Are those elephant ears in the background?

Thanks, I don't think they look very good, tho. I really didn't even fertilize things after June. I put most of the plumerias in the garage with leaves on them. They started dropping leaves about two weeks later. I didn't clean them up right away. What a mess. They dried like tissue paper and crumbled all over the floor and the counter. I'll de-leaf them next time.

And yes, that's a colocasia/elephant ear on top of a pot. Just one that I yanked out of the ground right before the first freeze. It's still growing with no water and no soil around it. They're tough!

We're supposed to get snow flurries tomorrow!

At least your plumerias are tall, mine are still tiny lol. I could only imagine cleaning up all those leaves. I'm still having to pick up dead leaves from my seedlings. With my larger plumerias, I cut the leaves off but there was sap everywhere. I may store them bareroot next year. Elephant ears are definitely tough. My taro plant is still outside, I had too many plants to bring in so I left it outside. If it doesn't come back, I'll just buy a root from the store in Spring. We may see flurries here tomorrow too. The snow on Christmas Eve was really nice.

It wasn't even cool enough for a fire here on Christmas Eve. I bet the snow was pretty.

The leaves in the garage got swept off the counter, and then I used a leaf blower to get them out of the garage before husband saw them!

I really hope we get more rain next year. Its been so dry this year. Its good that you had a leaf blower lol.

I start trimming leaves by October a little each week. Then by end of October they're ready to come in for the winter.
They will go back outside once the night time temps stay above 50.
Lonnie

Was wondering if Plumerias are sim. to over winter as Brugs. I have a GH and over winter my Brugs as well as other tender plants, in it. I lost several tropical Hibiscus from the moisture, would this be a problem. I have only grown one Plumie and it was in my house until my DH forgot to water it while I was away for a week or so. Needless to say it died! I think they are beautiful and smell so wonderful.

I used to keep mine in a hoop house off the patio. I'd only run the heat if it would be in the low 40s. They did fine, and some bloomed thru the winter. I have too many to keep there anymore so I started storing them in the garage. The ones that are bare roots don't begin to bloom in spring as soon as those that are left in soil. This year I have some in soil, some bare roots, and a couple on the patio.

I have some hibiscus on the patio also. They are not happy this year. I hadn't thought about moisture in there. I may need to move some of mine. I have lots of brugs, but I don't keep them anywhere where the bugs will get started and ruin everything else. I did strip the leaves off some and trimmed them so I could water root a few cuttings. Those I kept in the hoop and they were fine. I've since taken them out of the hoop because as it warmed up here, they began to leaf out. They seem happy enough on the covered porch.

The plumerias don't seem to have many bug issues, like the brugs. With our hot, hot summer last year, I was constantly battling spider mites on the brugs. If you can overwinter brugs, you can surely keep plumerias happy!