Leave It Alone!!!! My best blooms come with inflo's that didn't finished before the weather ended its days in the sunshine. In fact... I prefer them because it allows the earlier blooms the next spring. Here in Michigan it takes most of the summer to get a bloom, then, suddenly its fall and thats that. Just not enough warm sunshine to allow the plumi's to do there thing. Now I welcome the later inflo's that don't bloom because I know that they will bloom out beautiful in June rather than August.

Hi you all, I have about 70 varieties and a lot of mature trees in 25-gallon pots. They all bloom every year. However, most plumerias bloom on about 40-50% of their tips. It appears that the tips that bloom this year do not bloom next year. Generally the tip that bloom splits into multiple tips, which on most plants will not bloom till the year after. However, there are varieties that bloom on 70-90% of the tips, like Lemon Drop. Lemon Drop blooms on very short branches, even on 1" long branches. I have not seen any other plumeria bloom like Lemon Drop. I read somewhere that for young plants the tips need to develop a certain hormone before they will bloom. Rooted cuttings that bloom, the blooms come from the mother plant. So, it can take many years before new plants can start blooming consinstently, depending on how many tips they have. Generally, cuttings begin blooming from the second or third year on. If you prune young trees that deleys blooming. Also, remember that fertilizing the trees this year affects the blooms for next year, as the inflos for next year are made this year. I hope this helps. tc, George

Unlikely. I'd assume it was to do with sun and light exposure and eventually how old the individual seed pods are. The red pigmentation are anthocyan(in)s, which act as a natural sunscreen, protecting the plant from high light stress and photoinhibition (reduction of photosynthetic capability of leaves).

For osmanthus, Fudingzhu is the main variety that blooms intermittently throughout the year. It is not perfect, as in you won't have flowers constantly. There are probably other varieties that have better blooming, but it's a matter of finding them for sale (probably exists in China but impossible to get). Michelia alba will bloom almost constantly in tropical conditions. I would get two or more if possible because one plant may be in bloom and another one next to it might be "re-energizing" for the next flush of blooms. Michelia champaca in my climate blooms for a few months out of the year (California). If you can get ahold of the other yellow/orange michelia hybrids from Thailand you may see better, extended blooming. You may also want to check out Tahitian gardenia (can bloom year-round).