Craftymama (I love that name...): Emerson lives in La Porte--just southeast of Houston. To contact him go to his website: http://www.emersonsplumerias.com There is a 'contact us' tab on the left. I'll let him give you his phone number. It is so worth going to their house! Now I know they travel a couple times a year, so I would contact them well in advance if you are making a special trip. While visiting their home, I felt like I was a kid in a candy store!! Little starters to huge trees 2-3 times my height!!! And as the breeze would blow, scents of various plumeria blooms filled the air---like heaven. :) He has something for everyone--a lot of good standard plumeria & so many what I would call, highly sought after plumeria. A distinct advantage in buying from his home or at a show is I was able to get some beautifully multi-branched plants that would have been impossible to ship. It was just SO HARD to pick just a few...but I am very happy!! Craftymama: WOW- 67 plants! I'd say you are hooked by plumeria! I can see how that could 'easily' happen! I really had to 'hold back' at Emerson's place--I figured I can always go back 'to visit'!! I think I'm going to have to now work these plants into any future 'home budget talks' with my husband!!! Ha Ha...

this is like asking a parent which is your favorite child. I have a CD with 40 pictures of named flowers, 18 unknowns and 2 seedlings. I love to let it rotate on my computer screen to appreciate all the beauty. This year I hope to add 20 more of the 60 that have not flowered. The show is only getting better. It is too hard to say one is better than the next but I like my Cindy Moragne seedling #6 because if it holds true I am going to name it after my wife Sherry Cindy #6:

Bill, that big red seedling is amazing with its beautiful petal shape. What a shame to lose it! Did you make "back-up copies" of it? Dewaine, sheesh, I didn't think I could any more envious but I am. The Wildfire is fantastic. I ordered a rooted one last month, but the roots were pretty scanty. It started out great, leafing out after about ten days, but it's stalled and the stem is now a bit spongy and wrinkled. Still firm at the base and tips, just not growing any more. Our night temps have fallen into the 50's and 60's; I don't think it's happy with that. I keep reading how hard the reds are to root, and how cold-sensitive.

I am in So California. I have a large plumeria in the backyard, stands about 7-8 ft. Two winters ago we had some very cold nights for our area (30 degrees). My plumeria suffered. Thought it was dead. We left it in the ground to see. It grew new branches out of areas it never had branches before. We cut off the frozen, dead parts to make it look nicer. The new growth took off great! Flowers continued and it has grown from about 3-4 feet high to current height. I think they are pretty strong plants. I don't know your weather, but the plastic pipe wrappers sound like what I would do if I had bad winter temps. If I was going to leave it outdoors all winter in Texas, I might try to have it planted up against a wall that got sun all day and that would probably help keep plant warmer longer. Block from cold winds too. Wish you the best!