Hi Janine Martin's and Carol I am also from Jhb, I import plumeria/frangipani seed and grow them. Frangipanis are relatively full up here, many have them on their pavements but it is the normal white, yellow, light pink or a darker pink. As our climate in summer is very hot rooting a cutting I a pot would mean that every now and again you would have to spray the soil to keep it just slightly moist of the cutting g may dry out completely and die. Keeping them to moist causes rot and you will lose the cutting. In milder climates the soil won't dry out as quickly as I South Africa but here I find missing the pot every 3 days or so in summer keeps just enough moisture in the pot to prevent drying out. I also use a an instrument to measure moisture content in my pots especially amorphophallus as they need water but not too much. Regards Vici

If they become soft and sort of empty inside they have died, as long as they are hard they are alive and working hard to develop roots. It might take a few months, just forget them, water from time to time, not too much as they can rot. The one nibbled by snails should sprout in other places if the tip is damaged, I would put some wood ash or wood dust as a barier against the pests. You are doing very well for a person who supposedly does not know much about gardening, have fun.

heya I have pink frangi cuttings and qhite with pink rims and yellow centres...... Want some?/ email me at mrhoneycutt@internode.on.net

Erika, you need to take seriously the import requirements for phytosanitary ceritificates. I just read in the Canadian exchange forum of a gardener who was fined (I think it was $300 US) for mailing plant matter into the USA without certification. Plus, Erika, your own state of Texas works hard to protect its agriculture, natural lands, and waterways. Search the Ponds forum of GW and you will find a note from a man who was fined $1000 US for sending water hyacinth into your very city! (You are from San Antonio, right?)