I never thought I’d learn so much about all sorts of native plants until we moved to a property by the forest’s edge. After adding more native plants to our backyard, more and more birds started visiting, resulting in many surprise plants sprouting around our property. Last year, these birds planted something new, which is why we are writing about … [Read more...]
Plumeria Seedlings Going To Sleep
Our plumeria seedlings are going to sleep! At least, that's what we think. If you've been following our plumeria posts, you will learn that we're coming to a close on our first year of growing plumeria in Central Florida. Raising the seedlings, however, is even newer for us. Our teenager is in charge of our plumeria collection. He's secretly … [Read more...]
How To Grow Plumeria From Cuttings
We'd like to think that learning how to grow plumeria from cuttings is fairly simple especially if you live in Florida (probably not nearly as easy as growing plumeria in Hawai'i or parts of Southeast Asia where these plants are in abundance, but still easy enough for our kids to do given Florida's climate). We haven't been very meticulous when it … [Read more...]
How To Germinate Plumeria Seeds
Our kids have been having a lot of fun after discovering how to germinate plumeria seeds! For a while, we had thought that the seeds may not have been viable after overwintering the potted plumeria in the garage this past winter and then leaving them in a seed canister for over a month shortly after harvesting them from the seed pod. This is our … [Read more...]
How To Harvest Plumeria Seed Pods
We learned how to harvest plumeria seed pods this year--or at least, our son did! In the last 3 months, he has harvested 2 plumeria seed pods from different cultivars: Kool-Aid and Espinda (we purchased them from Exotic Plumeria in Seffner, Florida). Each seed pod took approximately 10 and 11 months to ripen, respectively. Thankfully, they survived … [Read more...]
Overwintering Plumeria In Central Florida
We learned a few valuable lessons after overwintering plumeria in Central Florida for the very first time last winter. They stayed in our garage, in their pots, from the late part of November, all the way to the first day of Spring (March 20th). We could have removed them from the garage sooner than that, but we just got too busy during that … [Read more...]