The reason why I've been mainly hunting Home Depots is because I've been converting some of my credit card reward points into HD gift cards. Free plumerias! Yay!

Keilann - have you found any at the HD's here when you visit your sister? I haven't seen any but maybe I missed them. I got some HD GC's to use up as well :)

tom_socal,
I didn't bother going to HD or Lowes when I was up there earlier this month because she was giving me free cuttings from her backyard. I will check them out next month when I visit again. From this thread and FB posts, it seems like all the cool plants got delivered just north of OC.

If I really wanted to, I can drive to Jungle Jack's in Vista. It's a 40 minute drive from my place. I prefer to use my HD gift cards up first. After that, I think I'm going to have fun with varieties that JJ doesn't release to the big box stores. I'm pretty sure I'm going to the JJ's Open House.

Weeeeeellll ... I might've stopped by 3 Lowes today. Aaaand, I might've picked up a 3 tip/3 inflo Milan. And I might've seen mostly a bunch of Jubilees in the new shipment, with the occasional Bird of Paradise, California Sunset, and Xanadu thrown in with the usual suspects.

Milan has a great scent! The blooms are so pretty, too.

I will say, though, as a side-note, that when all of your plumies in pots are mostly still asleep/just waking up and no inflos are blooming, it makes it that much harder to sneak a new leafed-out blooming plant into the backyard. ("Oh, what? You didn't see that one before? It was hiding behind something in the garage! I just noticed it and pulled it out! I can't believe you didn't notice it until now!") LOL

daogirl - you're doing well this jungle crack season. Some nice treasures there.

The excuse I use is that I'm just trying out some new fertilizer and it seems to work wonders! that works sometimes unless she catches the price tag on the pots before I repot :)

I made another stop at Home Depot and walked away with a 3 tip Essence in a square container. I'm officially done hunting for this year.

Today was the last day Xquisite was on sale at Jungle Jack's Vista location. I went there with the intention of only buying Xquisite. I don't know how but Typhoon, Firestorm, and Allure ended up in my car as well.

I can't believe I bought Typhoon! I saw a 2 gallon on the table and lamented how expensive it was. One of the ladies that was working said there was something better. She went deep into one of the greenhouses and came back with a large Typhoon that happened to be in a 2 gallon pot. The other lady was shocked at the size. The original lady said if John saw it, he would have immediately repotted in a 5 gallon container. Too late! Hahaha.

I am done! I don't think I should go the the Open House anymore. Dangerous!

I'm with Laura and Mona....I'll meet your "sigh" and raise you a small "sob"....lol.... I HATE Idaho! I miss San Diego. =(

Here's the new Milan ...

And here it is next to the new hibiscus - 'Erin Rachel':

daogirl - Nice purchase! 3 blooming inflos! It looks really healthy.

Today's score ... not a silver label, but it is in a square pot! No inflos, either, but it's really healthy and has a nice shape.

I've wanted this one for awhile now, so I was stoked to find it at Lowes.

A few Ginas were at the Ventura Lowes last year. I am hoping for a great next shipment...I have scored a few nice ones this year already but my husband is now counting. :-(

Yeah, our shipments have been slim pickings this year. None of our Home Depots got JJ up here, either (they have for the past few years). My local Lowes has only gotten one big shipment so far - I've had to broaden my searching radius a little.

Also, just repot (or paint your pots blue) as soon as possible!! And get those tags off! Makes it harder to figure out what's new that way ... LOL.

Does anybody have a full picture of a JJ Red Jack. Not just the bloom, but the whole plant. It just dawned on me, I've never seen the who plant before. It's a compact so it doesn't get very big. If anybody has one, please post.

dao....did the cobalt right away. I did get a red jack on the first shipment. There was only 1 in the larger container w/inflo. I will post a photo next time I have the camera out there. Mine is multi branched nicely. We are due for a really large shipment. Fun, isn't it????

Yay!! What a surprise today at homedepot

Rox, I saw that some of the 2g (er, 1.5L or whatever they actually are) Corey nursery pots are cobalt blue this time around - so maybe you won't always have to paint!

I got a Red Jack last year, so I'm not sure it really counts for looking at growth patterns. I'll also take a picture, though. I'm hoping for inflos this year - it's just waking up.

dhphd - Wow, nice haul! =)

daogirl - I actually started a new thread to try and demystify the growth habit question, but it's disappearing before anyone even knows it exists, that's what I get for posting at 3 am, lol.... If anyone wants to bump it for me, that would be awesome. =D

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3117513/growth-habits-a-photo-album

Thanks Lisa, I pick up my first purple jack, but it is scrawny and a little soft. Seem like all pj come this way from what I've been reading? Should I be concern?

does anybody know about Northern California Home Depot is having Plumerias

I got a Purple Jack from FC and it's very beefy, not fine. I guess it depends on the cutting they root.

what is FC

Florida Color Nursery in FL. Largest Plumeria Nursery in the USA

I purchased a Heirloom and that is very, very beefy. Purchased from the developer who is in TX. It's very compact.

I lied. I stopped by Home Depot again. I found and bought Alchemy. It has 4 branches but no inflos. I've been looking for a red plumeria and this one will have some gold flecks too. Happy! :)

dhphd -
Sometimes water will fix them right up. The Firestorm that I bought directly from Jungle Jack in Vista was somewhat squishy. I gave it some water and the stalk and branches became firm within 2 days.

Thanks, it feel harder today, I think the soil was too wet when they arrived and stress too. But any body here have a large beefy cutting for sale inexpensive or a trade?

Does anyone know if it is it time to give up the search? Our local Lowe's said they placed a 2nd order two weeks ago but he wasn't sure if it would be coming.

big shipment with some different ones in Ventura and Oxnard...not with many inflos though. Looks like Murrietta got the good ones.

I haven't checked in the past few days, but last week's shipments were all (rather sad looking) C-Stars.

OMG! On Facebook, some just reported they found a Valkyrie at Lowes in Burbank today!

Update: I just scoured my usual spots and there was nothing interesting. The majority were Divines and they didn't even have inflos.

Checked out a couple of HD's & Lowe's in Eastern IE and Northern OC. Nothing notable, got a 2g Essence, & a 2g Electric, neither have inflos. La Habra Lowe's had a couple of Raffles in 2g.

From what I could suss out, they have not got any new JJ's for a couple of weeks.

Must be persistent. I have had very few chances to go P hunting this year. But I love hearing about everyone's score's.

I have a couple of Plumies I got last year that have not woke up yet. Turgid stems and strong roots, sure hope they snap out of their funk to join the rest of their comrades.

we have sure hit a slow down in shipments in the Ventura/Oxnard area... :-( Wonder why? Only Lowes gets them up here and not Home Depots so it has been 1 month now since the first shipment and there have been a total of 4 I think. Spoke to the delivery guy himself today and he said no more on order????

With June gloom alive and well in San Diego, many of my flowers are not as vibrant as I expected. Since some of my pinks are blooming white and yellow, I kind of regretted buying a white Champagne. My first Champagne flower is starting to open and it's fragrant. Jungle Jack just calls it a "wonderful perfume scent." What's that supposed to mean??? I'm here to let you know it smells exactly like PEZ candy! LOL! It reminds me of my youth and brings a smile to my face so I'm keeping it. :)

Maybe the scent will change as the plant matures. I'm fine with it either way.

I had to go to the DMV today and there's a Lowes nearby. Yep, checked it out! They had a bunch of 1 gallon JJs and a couple CStars. I remember seeing Jenny, Whirlwind, Pixie Dust, Nevita, and Divine.

well, some good news is that last year I asked my sister in law to check out the Lowes in her area (Santa Maria and Paso Robles) she did and they told her never...won't grow here. Last week she called me from Lowes in Paso and read the labels to me and found a Fuji Mist I did not have...and they were all with the indoor plants! So, ya never know.......hoping for more next week. roxanne

Chino area Lowe's(2) had a sparse selection of JJ's as of yesterday. Clerk in nursery knew what I was looking for when I queried him about new shipments.

Rox - did your sil pick up the Fuji Mist for you? I'm so jealous of all of you that can go plumie shopping!

yes, she did Moonie and will be checking the SM one when she comes down next week. Hope to land a few more before the frenzy is over for the year. Up to 16 for the hit so far since May....

My Bali Whirl did horrible for me, gave it to George in Simi and it took off.....

I saw a JJ tagged Penang Peach at Home Depot on Friday but couldn't remember the growth habit. I have a California Sunset which is similar but Penang is the original mother of all JJs. I regret not snatching it up. :(

Sorry, Keilann. I've done that before. ;-(

rox- did your Bali Whirl not grow, or not bloom, or both?

it grew like a weed, thru up inflos and the blooms never looked like the picture, always deformed. :-(

That's a bummer! Thanks.

I thought JJ season was winding down as I've been seeing the same stock in my HD and Lowes the past few weeks/months. Went into HD for some lumber and decided to walk thru the Garden Center. To my surprise, plenty of JJ's stocked. I walked out with Adagio, Essence, SunSplash, Tbred Tracy. I was so surprised and excited at my find that I forgot to get the lumber that I originally came into HD for...oh well, another excuse to go to HD later :)

which Home Depot?

This was the HD in Huntington Beach. When I left, there were still half a dozen plants with yellow tags (Tbred Tracy, Essence, Delightful from what I recall) and plenty of JJ stock (approx. 40-50 total?). The 1 gallons were on one table and the 2 gallons were on a separate table in a different isle.

thanks Tom, hoped it was closer.. :-)

I found plenty of Inca gold, a few Divine and Elsie. I purchased Super round, Lyw2 ( not a clue which one that is) and Elsie which has seed pods. It was at the Home Depot in Jupiter FL.

Congrats on the seed pod! I would go nuts if I saw a seed pod in the store!

I went to Home Depot yesterday and used the last of my gift card balance on a 2 gallon Mandalay. I couldn't find any information about this one except on JJ's own website. I decided to take a chance on it because the description states very strong sweet scent. I'm realizing that I prefer plumerias with scent versus pretty flowers without scent. This flower is suppose to be pretty too. The tag photo of Mandalay kind of reminds me of a darker version of Desert Sunrise but with less veining.

I also saw a Thai Splash but I had to limit myself to 1 plant.

I walked around the store and saw there was another display table with various tropical plants and I saw some plumerias on it. These were 1 gallon size and $15.98 but they were not Jungle Jacks. There were pictures of various flowers on the tag and most of them had a white flower circled. They were infested with spider mites. :(

It reminds me of when I went to the Lowes in Vista. They had a great selection of JJs not often available but they were infested with thrips. Now, I always carefully inspect the tips and underside of leaves before I purchase.