It will thrive perfectly in your condition. You can put it in an east or south facing window. I find that it handles sun better than what I read.

The key is to have a good soil mix, I am using the gritty mix. The Alba is happy. Actually too happy. I am having in a wiskey barrel. It gives me two waves of flowers each year, in total of more than 1000 flowers, last for at least 6 months.

This is my Alba taken early this spring, just waking up from the winter. Now she is much bigger and denser because of our hot and humid summer. Packed with buds too.

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Hi yellowthumb, beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is there anyway you can help me get one and get it to where yours is so pretty? I would appreciate it so much..I have a lways wanted one of these..

I e-mailed you...You should be called greenthumb, I keep telling you this..

Mike..:-)

Hey Mike,

You got mail.

I got it from Pine Island about 5 years ago. This is an easy plant for me.

YT

Pictures taken today.

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Oh MY GOD Yellowtumb!!

You never cease to amaze me with your growining abilities..Beautiful!

Mike

Awesome specimen Yellowthumb. I notice four stakes on it which I can totally understand, the leaves are so huge and relatively heavy on M. x alba that it weighs down the branches. The way you stake it to support the branches is a good idea, I'm going to steal the idea. :D

Your plant looks so nice! Mine is in a 24" diamter x 16" tall synthetic whiskey barrel. I'm pretty certain that the soil is not ideal. Is it hard to repot it? What do I need to be careful of? I read that the roots are very fragile. I have a very good soil combo for plumerias (which demands well drain soil, as does M. alba), so I'm gonna use that mix. I'm afraid I might do too much damage while repotting, especially when the pot's so big. Thanks,
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You pot is way way too big for that plant. All the burnt tips means either fertilizer burn or overwatering. I am thinking root rot here.

You probably have no choice but have to repot it. Get a pot 2 inches bigger than the root ball, I am guessing 14 inches for your plant.

The Alba's root is very fragile. So be as gentle as possible. But they recover in no time once you have good soil. You can put the pot and the plant horizontal on the ground, then gradually digging out spare soil, finally pull the plant out. It won't be too hard.

Thanks yellowthumb, I plan on this rescue mission tomorrow morning! It's definitely not overfertilizing, the soil always tests wet with the moisture meter.

How does this pot size look?
I'm sure I removed a bunch of fine roots with the repotting, but it'll be OK I hope. Thanks,
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^newgen, that pot looks fine to me. Just watch your watering until the roots fill out.

My Alba is about 4 ft tall, doing quite happy in its 12" clay pot:
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I definitely will cut back on the watering. Immediately after flush the pot with B1 mixed in a 2-gallon pot. Thanks,

The pot looks perfect, a clay pot would be even better. But given your zone, doesn't matter that much. Your tree would probably bounce back in a month.

kemistry, you tree is healthy, but I think you need to rotate that tree 180 degrees to get a balanced shape.

I'll remember to do that. Thanks YT.