I have my plumeria on the roof. I live in a city of about a million people, considered the oldest continuously occupied city in North America. When the Spanish conquered it about 470 years ago, there had been a thriving Mayan city here for at least 500 years. They tore down the Mayan temples and used the stones to build their homes and the cathedral. I'm right in the center of the oldest part and I have a small garden surrounded by high stone walls so pretty much my only full sun is on the roof. I don't consider the roof as a place that has to look neat and presentable, it's my working and growing out area. It also has the gas tank, the water softener, pressure tanks and a clothesline - so you can tell that it isn't much to look at.

One of the plumeria is what I think is a species, it keeps its leaves and blooms all year but gets a little ratty looking in the winter. The others are some hybrid, multicolored and they lose most of their leaves in December and are just starting to regrow.

The only one that is still blooming.


One of the multi-colored ones that still has some leaves and is putting out what looks like a new bloom stalk.



This one has very few leaves but also a new bloom stalk and quite a few seed pods.



New leaves and seed pods.

Very nice! The white blooming plumeria could be a species although the leaves on the various species are usually different, these look pretty much like rubra leaves, so I'm venturing that it might be an interspecific cross. Is it very fragrant?

It is fragrant but right now, when humidity is lower, it is not as fragrant as it is in the summer. I would need to go back upstairs and sniff it to come up with a description of the smell.

Funny, I thought I remembered that it had a fragrance. I checked the blooms this morning and I can't smell any fragrance at all. Could this be because the humidity is lower now? We're still at around 50% to 60%. Or, perhaps I'm remembering the smell from one of the other plumerias.

It could be more or less fragrant depending on the time of day, too.

Good morning ladies!!! We are getting drowned by a severe downpour. It's like the April rains have arrived here and Texas so badly needs it.

I'm off to plant 3 packets of plumeria seeds. Will let you know the the outcome.

Have a wonderful day!!!

Great Jeri!! Let us know how it goes.

Expecting an 'arctic ' winter like last year I potted all my plumerias and stored them in the garage. Today I noticed they are waking up so out they went. And what luck, we have a wonderful warm spring rain just now. I bet they love it

I bet they do too, that should wake them up properly!

Dont you know i potted up 16 new cuttings and had them out in the sun went to the dr and low and behold a nice drenching of water GRRR to much water for them!!! please make the sun come out tomorrow.......oh no im singing now!!

Rain is fine as long as it's not COLD.