I have a plumeria that I have had for about 15 years and it has never bloomed. I think the problem was that I didn't water it enough in the growing season. I am now watering it twice a week. It looks happier. It isn't blooming but it looks like it is going to grow a new branch.

Kelli, Have you tried bloom food? Mine aren't blooming very well this year, but I think it'e due to our marine layer hanging around until after noon. When we had that little heat wave, they all started blooming, but now we're back to no morning sun...again. It was supposed to start warming up today, but it's only 82.

I've started feeding this summer. Lack of feeding could have been part of the problem, too. Lack of heat has not been a problem. It's been hotter than Hawaii. For example, today they are calling for 95F.

I fed my plumies in early June, Hawaiian Bud and Bloom 5-50-17, when I saw a leaf claw forming. But it kind of got stuck in that phase for awhile, only this August did I really see more active growth. It was different last year, in late May they were awake from dormancy already. I hope my other Plumeria, Plumeria Celadine will try to bloom this September. Last year it was in bloom at that time.

My mandevilla is back in bloom once more..for awhile I thought it was done for the season..thankful for this recent cool down. I hope it tries for more!

Sherry
i planted a 7" fuchsia magellanica maybe 5 years ago and it is now 8 ft tall so plan accordingly
got the variegated acanthus on line don't remember where and i would be super pleased if it turns out to be Tasmanian Angel
like the one in Sues pict above

Okay...8' tall...that helps to know. I keep trying to squeeze in more than this small place will allow. I'm eyeing all of the planting space next to the house that we normally don't plant...to leave access for painint, repairs, etc....I would like to get that fuchsia into the ground today. It's difficult for me to leave space open, as in the area around the pump house that needs to be built larger, wondering if I can get away with planting that fuchsia there now instead of waiting...someone will cuss me later....

Rebecca was in Coos Bay yesterday and 'Carl', whom I don't know, has a nursery there and is selling out, so she came back with lots of stuff, asking what I want...of course, had to tell her all of it....lol..worry later about where to put it. I would like the acanthus for the name alone, "Tasmanian Angel"

Not too sexy but I like it, Aloe 'White Stag'

Got lucky today...I've been wanting to get a Paperbark Maple and that's probably easy elsewhere, but not around here. Found one and it was marked half off...yay!....and a "Tiger Eye" abutilon that I've been wanting, a rehmania/ Chinese Foxglove, a solidago "Fireworks", "Black Adder" agastache, couple of erigeron "Santa Barbara Daisy"....and a Round Table Pizza in Eureka...kinda like Christmas and Birthday all in one...lol..

Echium vulgare....Viper's Bugloss....seeds for this originally came from Mike...Just now getting them out of pots and into the ground, as space opens up...

Probably Notocactus



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