tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825857533846920922.post2740252716480668118..comments2024-02-08T11:41:28.727-05:00Comments on Tropical Gardening in New York City!: My Entire Plumeria CollectionAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12472376983597079722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825857533846920922.post-32270791861452801282015-11-21T13:37:04.910-05:002015-11-21T13:37:04.910-05:00Hi Benjamin!
Sounds like you have a beautiful bal...Hi Benjamin! <br />Sounds like you have a beautiful balcony. I do not provide anything too special for my plumerias. Many growers will give them fertilizer in the spring to ensure some blooms in summer. Mine seem to bloom whenever they feel ready to. Some cultivars need more branch growth than others to start blooming and usually the first bloom takes 2 or 3 years to show up (but I have had some that bloomed their first year). <br />I try to avoid getting plumerias to bloom during the winter since spider mites love plumerias indoors, but if they are developing buds late into the fall I will sit them by my very sunny southern window and keep them well watered. Sometimes they are happy enough to bloom all winter in that spot (and into the next spring or summer!) <br />I have gotten a few passion fruit form my vines but they were small and full of seeds so I haven't actually eaten one. The blooms are beautiful enough for me though!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12472376983597079722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825857533846920922.post-10847530565270646832015-07-31T21:59:57.509-04:002015-07-31T21:59:57.509-04:00Hello! your garden is impressive!
I am myself hav...Hello! your garden is impressive! <br />I am myself having frew tropical plants on a balcony:<br />plumeria, papaya, passion fruit and banana tree. <br />My question is how do you get plumeria to bloom in winter (we are in summer and mine are not blooming yet)? And have you ever had blooms on passion fruit yet?<br />Thanks in advance! <br />BenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075776861602235367noreply@blogger.com