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Posted by honeybunny2 Z9TX (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 15:18
| I just read that plumeria like there heads in the sun, but their roots in the shade? Does this mean that I need to plant them closer together. I currently plan to space them 5 ft apart. I looked at some of the pictures on the fourm and they look more like 3 ft apart. What would the ideal spacing between plants be? Do they mean I need to get ground covers, or mulch. Barbra |
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| Barbara, Go do a search on Bills yard. He has a great layout including pots and trees planted in the ground. If you cant find them, i will try and find that pic for you..He just posted it a month ago. Hope this helps.. Hi Bill!! I am promoting your beautiful yard!! LOL... : ) Mahalo, Laura |
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The best I can figure from Bill's pictures is 5 bricks apart, would this be around 24 inches between plants?? If this is correct, I will need alot more plants. I ordered 8 grafted plants from Florida Colors with my Christmas Money.
Bill, can you advise what the distance is between your trees, by the way your yard is just beautiful. I missed seeing the picture, I am at the coast every other week, without a computer. I am going back this evening for another week. If the distance is less than 5 ft, I will need to move all the bricks I have placed in my flowerbeds, getting ready for the spring. Thanks, Barbra |
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Hey Honeybunny...
For a single I'd look at 24-36" apart, cuz the leaves run about 12" ea in full sun. Good air circulation helps keep rust and scale down round heya. So that might be a consideration. |
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| Barbra, I'd imagine that your ideal spacing will depend on the varieties you're planting. A wide grower like Singapore or Suzanne St. Amour will need more space than a tall-growing standard like Aztec Gold. I find when they've leafed out in summer that I've underestimated the space they need, so I'd probably go at least three feet. |
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| You could just plunge them for this year and next to see if you like the spacing. Then adjust as needed. If you are planting in the ground at Port A I would go 5 feet apart. |
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| It depends on what you want. My hedges are about 3 feet apart but i have each plant staked and I pull up the branches to keep them from growing outward. My psycho extends about 10 feet from the stem as it was left to grow naturally. I think 5 feet gives a plant plenty of room to expand but I had several hundred plants and was forced to find the closest solution. It is much more work to tie up and prune to keep plants in a smaller radius and at about seven feet tall they would like more room to spread. Air circulation does become a problem as the plants grow larger. |
RE: Need advice on spacing plants
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| Well, I'm back home. I went to the coast Friday evening. Saturday morning I went to get my pass for the dump, and could not find my wallet. Would you believe I took my purse and left my wallet at home. Since its going to rain at the coast all week, I decided to drive back home today. I can't do anything in the yard, when its raining, and we get terrible TV reception when it rains. At least here I have a computer, and will be able to go to the store. Thanks everyone for responding to my question regarding spacing of plants. I think I will go with spacing 4 ft apart, this give me room to plant 3 more plumeria. My plumeria are all very small, so I do not think I will go the 5ft until they get much larger. Now I just need to decide what 3 plumeria I want for my birthday. Barbra |
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