You can deadhead the blooms at any time but some people like to keep them for winter interest. On the other hand, if these are reblooming hydrangeas, deadheading promotes new bloomage so feel free to cut the strand that connects the bloom to the stem. If you have no fungal problems on the shrubs, feel free to use the spent blooms as mulch!

...so I rigged up a nice little drainage system. Can you describe what you did? 1. How can I help it revive? By revive, you mean for it to make more flowers? I know you're supposed to cut off the spent flowers, but I'm having trouble knowing where to cut, as the flowers are in little bunches. The bunches are called spikes. When the tip of each spike finishes blooming, you can remove the whole spike, but leave the leafy part of the stem below it. Veronica is a perennial. Perennials give the bonus of coming back next year, but the sacrifice is usually that the bloom period for most is much shorter than annuals. And should I pull off all the droopy leaves? No. If the plant is droopy and the soil is wet, it is being given too much water. If the leaves are droopy and the soil is dry, not enough water is being given. 2. Would it be bad to move it again, to a smaller pot? I wouldn't further bother any droopy plant unless I discovered an issue that required it. A droopy plant is a very unhappy one and further disruption right now might not be the best thing. Or, would it do any good to add another plant or two to the big pot? I would probably add some type of annual for continued flowers for the rest of this year, but without seeing a picture, it's hard to be more specific.

Hi Shelly, Since you're in SoCal you can probably get in touch with Diane Gotti and she can graft it for you. I know Florida Colors also does grafting if you send them your cutting. I haven't heard of a plumeria rooting service yet (maybe there should be one!). Of course if you're not feeling gun-shy about rooting anymore, you could give it another try. Remember to let it callous for at least 2 weeks before you pot it up. Use well drained mix and bottom heat if temps get below 60F. PS: That sounds like a lovely plant, do you have a picture of its blooms? Too bad her tree is still small but she seems very generous in sharing some cuttings with you :-) Kenny

I was trying to find the other forum and when I click rose prop. and exchange it keeps returning me to this forum. Right above these posts it says "This forum is meant to provide a place for the discussion of rose propagation and also to facilitate exchanges among users. There is also a separate, more general, Rose Forum" Am I the only one who has this on this forum?