I brought these in for the winter, pruned them, and a few new leaves sprouted. Then, buds started to form and they went into full bloom. I watered them a couple of times each week and yesterday I looked closely and noticed they were completely covered with aphids...blossoms and leaves. I couldn't believe it. After spraying them with an indoor/outdoor rose and flower spray there were hundreds of aphids surrounding the pot. The flowers were full of holes and I decided the easiest thing would be to just start over. Plants and soil are in the compost container and the pot is in the trash container ready for pick-up next week.

Murdy Park is in Huntington Beach but it is in the north part of the city so it is very close to Westminister. If you use mapquest or google maps and enter Goldenwest and Norma you can see the location of the park. It is very easy to find. Bill Here is a link that might be useful: South Coast Plumeria Society website

I live just up the coast in Rockport. I am on the South Texas Botanical Gardens board located in Corpus, and we have a plumeria garden exhibit which is contracted out through The Plumeria Society of South Texas. Two of the officers on this board are friends of mine, and they are very knowledgeable about plumerias. Every year The Plumeria Society of South Texas "put the plumerias to bed". Now I'm far from being an "expert" on plumerias, let alone on anything, but I disagree with this "ritual" OR SHOULD I SAY THAT I'M JUST TOO LAZY TO DO THE WORK INVOLVED? Yes, that's it, I'm too lazy. HA! I don't worry if a plant dies. I just replace it, so my advice might not apply to some of you. And I used to do all the "recommended" things to winter over plumeria, but I have way too many plumerias, orchids and other plant and not enough room to continue doing so. Anyway my daughter lives in Hawaii and over the past 5 years, I've been out there at different times of the year and have observed the plumerias. They live outdoors year round, in the sun, in the shade, water, no water, no special treatment whatsoever, and they survive and look great. And yes, just like here on the mainland, they lose their leaves in the fall and remain bare until spring. So after seeing how they grow out there, I decided to plant a bunch of them in the ground and the others that are in pots, I put into my greenhouse to overwinter rather than pull them out of the pots and over winter them in the garage or wherever. So far, they are all doing great. And a neighbor of mine that used to live in Hawaii, planted one in the ground 13+ years ago, and it is about 15' tall today. It even survived our Christmas 1984 6" snow storm which we had here in Rockport. She is always cutting it back so I get to have the cuttings which I hand out to my gardening friends. It is a pretty yellow with dark-pink center plumeria. So I think that I have to agree to leave them alone and see how they do. They should adapt and become a more hardy strain for our Texas coast. And if you lose one or two, they can be replaced. And if you want more information, contact the Botanical Gardens.

Laura, Welcome to the group!! As for your plumeria's, it's still early especially based on your temps you listed. Your weather you described sounds similar to some areas of Southern California, so you should be fine. Plumeria grown in a Mediterranean type climate will go dormant most winters like a lot of deciduous plants and fruit trees. You should not worry unless you do not see any growth by the end of May or beginning of June. There is a plumeria grower on one of the Facebook groups that lives in San Diego County (Danny Kashou), that stated that he had taken some plumeria's over the years to his families house in Tel Aviv, and they did well. Happy Growing Cheers James