sherwindu wrote:

I started a Plumeria as an indoor plant from a stick purchased in
Florida. Here in the
midwest, it quickly developed leaves last year. After about a year, the
plant dropped all it's leaves. I had this experience earlier with
another Plumeria which came back with leaves, but later eventually died
for some unknown reason. The current plant still looks alive but the
lower 3 feet of this 4 feet plant looks very inactive with a hardened
outer surface. Should I wait and see if it leafs out anyway, or is it
better to cut off this bottom portion and replant the top section as a
cutting as I did with the original stick?


Assuming it is just dormant from the winter, if you want it smaller,
better to cut the top down. It will then grow 3 stalks from that point,
eventually sending up it's bloom stalk from the center of those 3.(you
CAN root the stalks you cut off) I'm sure others here will have a better
explanation - but that's what mine do.

Carl


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