Where has the time gone? We are already in November? So much to do. I said that if my plumeria did not bloom this year I was going to give up on it. Well, it bloomed (see post about it on July 17) so now I have to figure out what to do with it this winter. Not cold hearty at all and it is 6 feet tall.

This plant was given to me by a friend from work. I asked him and he said that I can prune it and replant the pieces in the spring. I’ll need to let the cutting dry out a bit and store in the shade in the garage. I did a bit of googling and jumped in. Here are the results. After letting the cuttings dry out, I put them in a cardboard box in the garage.

Here are the before and after photos. One unexpected surprise was that the pot was full of ants. I like ants. They eat chiggers. So I pruned the plant and removed all the leaves. Then I tipped the plant over on its side. In about two days, all of the ants abandoned the pot and I was able to safely remove the last two stems. I have no idea where they went.

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