Plumeria: photo and care at home

What care at home

For the successful cultivation of this exoticplants need a sufficient amount of direct sunlight, ideally - at least 6 hours a day. Otherwise, it will not be possible to achieve flowering. In addition, if there is a shortage of light, it can discard the leaves and lose their decorativeness. Plumeria is a tall tree, so it will look beautiful if it is covered with foliage.

Watering is necessary abundantly, especially on hot days. Sometimes watered even twice a day. But waterlogging also should not be allowed. To do this, a good drainage is arranged at the bottom of the pot, and the soil must be loose, breathing. To the rigidity of water is undemanding, you can use even a tap. Humidity of the environment does not matter much, the plant feels well in the apartment, but periodic spraying does not hurt.

Because this plant is semi-leafy, it is importantarrange for him periods of rest in winter. The light day naturally decreases, so it is better to reduce the temperature to 12-14 ° C, stop watering. The plant can be cut off and left so until spring.

If providing a cold winter is difficult, then use additional lighting, watering at the same time leave. The latter especially if the plant has leaves.

Fertilizing is recommended during the period of active growth, in spring-summer, once every two weeks.

Fertilizers should be complex, balanced in relation to nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.

When the blossom flies

This beautiful plant has gained its popularitydue to bright fragrant flowers. Large inflorescences are located on the tips of shoots, five-petal pink-orange-yellow color. Most often bloom occurs in the spring, then the leaves are also updated, this process lasts long enough almost all summer. Their size depends on age. It has an amazing, sensual aroma, combining notes of citrus, jasmine, gardenia and spices. It is especially rich in the morning hours. Based on the fragrance of the plumeria perfumer Merkuzio Frangipani, the well-known spirits were created today. They were loved by Catherine de 'Medici. And nowadays it is widely used in perfumery.

The plant contains poisonous juice, it canact at the slightest damage to any part of it, you should be extremely cautious. If an accident occurs on the skin, it is necessary to rinse this place with a copious amount of water.

How to propagate

This plant multiplies by seeds and cuttings.

How to grow a plumery of seeds, photo

Before planting, the seeds are soaked in warm water andtreated with a fungicide, to avoid decay. After that, the seeds are planted in a loose substrate - peat or leaf ground. It is desirable to cover the pot with glass, and keep the soil moist. About a week later the seeds germinate. Their germination is almost 100%. The grown plants are planted separately. With this method of reproduction, the plant blooms for 4-5 years.

Vegetative reproduction

For this method, it is necessary to cut off the apicalshoot, 30 cm long. Cuttings cut off poisonous milky juice on the cut, so it is recommended to dry them before planting. The leaves are broken off, and the stalk is planted in loose ground. Water it gently, as the land dries up, because the probability of decay is high. It is also good to insulate the pot for the period of rooting. Plumeria, grown in this way, blossom as early as next year.