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Posted by english-rose Dorset/England (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 08 at 16:08
| I have just received some frangipani cuttings, and i am hoping to grow them here in the UK. I live on the south coast of England so i hope it will be warm enough? can anyone give me advise? |
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RE: frangipani
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Do you mean Plumeria? If so, it's not an Australian native. It does grow well in much of Queensland but is considered a bit marginal here in Toowoomba, which would be a good deal warmer than anywhere in England. Here they need a sheltered spot, preferably with a warm, northern aspect. Good drainage is very important, and they like to be quite dry in winter when they're leafless.
Anything's worth a try, of course.
Would you consider keeping it in a pot and taking it indoors for winter? Where did your cuttings come from? Can you duplicate those conditions?
Cheers, Trish |
RE: frangipani
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Thanks trish g,i received the cuttings from Perth W.A.I was so impressed with the plant i thought it worth a try as we are coming into our spring.i think your suggestion of planting in a pot is a good idea.Our winters in Dorset are quite mild so i might be lucky.
Thanks again.
english -rose |
RE: frangipani
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The thing is, that winters are not just about temperature. They are also about air moisture. Here it can get very dry in winter - literally no precipitation for months, no fog, no nothing. It's really dry dry. You can sit on the lawn and have picnics, without needing so much as a protecting blanket (providing, of course the lawn is not dead from the dry, which it may well be). Frangipanis thrive on that kind of dry. They just hate having soggy stuff around their roots when they're leafless.
In Perth, they get winter rain. I have never been there, but presumably frangipanis thrive, if your plant came from there. Perth soil is, by our standards, unbelievably well drained. Practically pure sand.
The Queensland way of taking Frangipani cuttings when they're in leaf, is to break off a branch, as big or small as you like, and leave it in the corner of the shed till all the leaves have fallen off and the stump is quite dried out. About six weeks. Then we plant it. You might try that when your plant gets big enough to not mind losing a branch, and then you could try one in a pot as well as one in the ground.
Best of luck with it.
Trish |
RE: frangipani
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Hi, try hopping over to the 'Plumeria' forum here on GWeb for specific plumie advice as we are a great bunch of folks, even though I say that myself! I too have frangis/plumies and get heaps of great info from the guys back on my usual forum. 'Newbies' are very welcome, give us a try...looking forward to seeing you there! My first plumie was from a cutting from the Rockingham Park area 40 mls south of Perth and I have since grown 4 others from seed.
Gill. |
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