Plumerias are tropical so they can grow in your climate so long as they have a good, rich, gritty soil mix and plenty of moisture. If we have another drouth this year like we did last summer your plumies might need a little protection during the hottest part of the day. I grow mine in pots so that I can move them inside during the winter, but I move them out again after last frost. As for soil, I like to mix my own from potting mix, homemade compost, lava sand and peat.

Thank you! I will remember that when the real summer heat starts up.

Thanks
Mark

You may know this already, but there's a Plumeria forum on Garden Web. Perhaps you could connect with some people there for more good advice.

Here is a link that might be useful: Plumeria Forum ...

I grow some plumeria but they were an exchange and I don't know the variety. I'm in the DFW area too, so get more rain than you do.

They don't like drying out in the heat and I water them a couple times per week, but they bloomed the best for me in the summer of 2011, very hot and dry. Don't worry if some leaves get dried and crispy in the heat, just prune them off. The white sap may cause skin irritation, so be careful.

I store mine bare root in the house overwinter, they don't want much moisture in the winter. On really warm winter days, I'll take them outside and spray them with a hose, then let them dry before taking them back in, but no more than once every 4-6 weeks. I bring them in when it gets cooler than 50 at night. I also plant them in ground (very sandy soil) each spring.

The flowers are much larger than they look in pictures, I was thinking that they would be jasmine bloom sized but they were 3 or 4 inches across. I feed occasionally with whatever fertilizer that I have on hand, but I bet the plumie forum can tell you what they really need.

This post was edited by pkponder on Wed, May 29, 13 at 5:58