G'day

I'd like to strike a cutting from a dark pink or even a red Frangipani,
any tips to successfully striking same? I'm on the MidNorthCoast NSW so
would a red Frangi grow in this area or do they only like tropical
climes? The cuttings being sold are quite expensive so I'd hope to be
reasonably certain of a good outcome before I part with hard-earned $$$'s.

All suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance, HC ;-)

g'day HC,

wow you can't source cuttings free?

easy mate just leave them for a week or 2 or 3 or 4 or so weeks
standing on the cut end in the sun untill they dry a little put them
into the ground surrounded by good friable soil mix or stick them into
pots they will as spring turns to summer shoot away success should be
almost guaranteed. if the cuttings are old recut the end to make it
bleed latex dip the end into sand and let it dry, they are about the
hardiest cuttings you can take so long as you let them get some drying
standing on end.

hope this helps

len

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wow you can't source cuttings free?


Watch as you drive around the area and you will see lots of different ones.
Watch for ones you like the colour of when they are in flower. Have a chat
to the owner, if you see them in the garden, or snap a bit off that's
hanging over the fence.

Let the sappy end that you have just dribbled all down your arm dry for a
couple of days, then stick them into the dirt where you want them to grow.

Hope this helps,
Peter

drop a note in their mail box with your phone number.

len

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"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment
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Good idea......thanks !!

len gardener wrote:

drop a note in their mail box with your phone number.

len

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We live in between Gold coast and Brisbane near the coast they grow fine
here
"HC" wrote in message
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G'day

I'd like to strike a cutting from a dark pink or even a red Frangipani,
any tips to successfully striking same? I'm on the MidNorthCoast NSW so
would a red Frangi grow in this area or do they only like tropical climes?
The cuttings being sold are quite expensive so I'd hope to be reasonably
certain of a good outcome before I part with hard-earned $$$'s.

All suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance, HC ;-)

HC writes:
I'd like to strike a cutting from a dark pink or even a red Frangipani,
any tips to successfully striking same? I'm on the MidNorthCoast NSW so
would a red Frangi grow in this area or do they only like tropical

One point: IMO the coloured flowers don't have a fragrance anything as
heavenly as that of the ordinary yellow and white variety, though YMMV.
All colours grow well in coastal Sydney, and this is not in the tropics.
If your location is marginal, try and find a spot where the tree will
receive morning sun and a north-eastern outlook sheltered alongside the
house or a brick wall, i.e., a tropical microclimate.

I have seen a black frangipani, too. I thought the flowers were all dead
at first glance. It was more a novelty than a feature.

Plant the cuttings in sandy loam, and don't water very often or they may
rot. Be patient. Just forget about them for 12 months after you put them
in the ground.
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Thanks! I wasn't aware they didn't have any fragrance, but was going to
get the old favourite too. Haven't seen the black one in any books,
although I do have some black Pansy seeds, will see how black they turn
out, I suspect they might be a very dark purple??

Thanks for all the suggestions. ;-))

John Savage wrote:
HC writes:

I'd like to strike a cutting from a dark pink or even a red Frangipani,
any tips to successfully striking same? I'm on the MidNorthCoast NSW so
would a red Frangi grow in this area or do they only like tropical


One point: IMO the coloured flowers don't have a fragrance anything as
heavenly as that of the ordinary yellow and white variety, though YMMV.
All colours grow well in coastal Sydney, and this is not in the tropics.
If your location is marginal, try and find a spot where the tree will
receive morning sun and a north-eastern outlook sheltered alongside the
house or a brick wall, i.e., a tropical microclimate.

I have seen a black frangipani, too. I thought the flowers were all dead
at first glance. It was more a novelty than a feature.

Plant the cuttings in sandy loam, and don't water very often or they may
rot. Be patient. Just forget about them for 12 months after you put them
in the ground.

HC writes:
Thanks! I wasn't aware they didn't have any fragrance, but was going to
get the old favourite too. Haven't seen the black one in any books,
although I do have some black Pansy seeds, will see how black they turn
out, I suspect they might be a very dark purple??

Oh, the pink frangi does have fragrance, I just found it not so pleasant.
But as the plants got into their 4th and 5th year their fragrance did
seem to improve and now I find it not too bad. YMMV.
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)