Hello I am new to Plumeria plants. I bought a cutting in Hawaii a couple years ago and it was easy to root. It has grown quite a bit this year and now has the main stem and three branches covered with big green leaves. I was looking closely today and noticed a flower bud in the middle of one of the branches. I am in NC and really felt like I may never be able to get the plant to bloom in a pot so I am psyched. I don't want to screw up so I need some advice. Should I keep fertilizing the plant? I have been using a bloom booster with high P content. I was worried the it was producing too much top growth so I cut back. The branches have so many leaves that they are drooping. It seems late for flowering although I did just recently move the plant to the NW side of my house where it gets more hours of sun. Whatever advice anyone can give is appreciated. Hopefully I can post some pics later.

I have had no luck growing plumeria. I live just outside of Portland OR and love plumeria. Any advice?

Sun really is pretty much the no. 1 requirement for blooming. Sadly, in Oregon you just won't have the light intensity these tropical trees need. You will have to supplement light if you ever want to see it bloom.
Scout91 too, just give it as much sun as you can!

I'd leave it outside for the summer in as much sun as you have.
Then in winter you could try a grow light for it and leave it on for at about 12 hours a day. It would have to be a strong light, fairly close above the plant. That way it could grow on during the winter and might get to the point of blooming. I had them blooming indoors in winter in Arizona.

Hello Scout91, you can still certainly see Plumerias bloom even grown in containers, just depends on some factors like full sun exposure, watering, humidity. There are also some cultivars that are really much more high humidity needy, so it is understandably quite frustrating to wake them up if ambient conditions are not favorable.

Try to look for Plumeria Celadine, I have tried that and it blooms here in my area. Took me awhile to understand it, but it is one of the more cold temp tolerant varieties, so it may have a later blooming period.

I can only grow Plumerias in containers here, since we get cold inversion during winter, and winter is our rainy season too. Cold and wet tandem is not good for Plumerias as is typical with most succulents. So during winter time, I respect my Plumeria's dormancy, so I just overwinter them indoors, then wait patiently for it to wake up, wait patiently for outdoor temperatures to be okay before I bring them out again in mid to late Spring. Oftentimes, it is a game of patience with Plumerias, since we have varying growing environments so got to pay attention closely to temperatures and light levels.When the long hot and dry season is here, my Plumies will be out basking in the sun, takes all the dry heat but have to do daily watering to compensate for our lousy humidity levels.

Yes!! I did it, NC in a 1 gal pot, almost October but first bloom

Wish I could bottle that aroma, amazing, I am excited if not obvious

Scout91 said:Wish I could bottle that aroma, amazing, I am excited if not obvious

We all know how you feel!!

I have some (25) plumerias that I have been growing from seed for 2-3 years and they never bloomed although they did put on a number of branches and got quite rangy in their pots. This year I decided to take cutting from all of them and the cuttings are doing quit well and putting out the start of leaves so far. Can I expect the cuttings to bloom anytime this year or next or ever?

Thanks🌺

I have some (25) plumerias that I have been growing from seed for 2-3 years and they never bloomed although they did put on a number of branches and got quite rangy in their pots. This year I decided to take cutting from all of them and the cuttings are doing quit well and putting out the start of leaves so far. Can I expect the cuttings to bloom anytime this year or next or ever?

Thanks🌺

It really depends, who knows if there are already latent buds of previous season just waiting for the right time to form. It also depends how your environment is right now..they really love as much sun and heat they can muster coupled with watering once fully awake.

Tarev,
They are in the sun all day but I have live in the so. Pacific and it's hard for people to realize how intence the sun is there. I will keep doing what's good for them and hope for a fragrant beauty one day. Thanks.

Where did you live in the So. Pacific, @Rickbuck99?

South Pacific...they love that area, humid and hot! Plumerias thrive so well in my homeland which is in Southeast Asia with all the typhoons, flooding and all. You are right sun and humidity is so intense there. That is why growing up our mantra there was water your plants everyday. It took me awhile to re-adjust what I know with plant care when we moved to a four season country. They grow majestically there.

I thought you are now currently in Raleigh, NC, since that is what is showing on your profile.

I lived a year in the so. Pacific while I was going to Australia. I traveled all through SE Asia while living in aus for 5 yrs. long story short, got married and started a family back In California and moved to the greatest place to raise a family. Been here ever since. The outer banks are great.

A couple of years ago I rescued several plumeria plants as they were going to be trashed. I think they were under a covering because the trunks and branches are growing crooked in order to get sunlight.
Should I cut the branches and re-pot? I'm afraid that the branches will be snapped off by accident.
I also have one that was planted in the ground that's growing crooked. I was told NOT to dig this up. Should I cut the branches off in this one also?
I live in SoCal and they are blooming nicely. Thank you in advance for all advice.