11/13/2024
Plumerias are still blooming! Not all but some! They are such amazing trees and give us gorgeous flowers almost the entire year! It seems we have been hit with rust Really heavy this year! it's An airborne fungus that reacts to sun hours, heat and moisture.So for whatever reason, it's really heavy this year. I have been steadily stripping leaves each week getting ready for storage. Be sure and protect your plants. Don't take a chance leaving them out.I have customers every season Tell me what they lost in a freeze, It seems that we have one every winter! Potted plants can be taken in the house and watered Very slightly through the winter.They will go semi dormant, Of course a saucer is needed under them but don't let them sit in water. Large trees can be stored in a garage or storage shed On cardboard, old carpet or a tarp, off of the cold cement. Keep a small heater ready when our temperatures drop to freezing or below forty, the tips of plants Are the first thing to freeze and they have to be cut off , which means growing a whole new arm the next season.
Good Luck Everybody!
(All of the Flowers posted are much lighter than their true colors in summer)