Plumeria

Andrew brought a cutting from a Plumeria plant back from Hawaii in February and has been trying to get it rooted and growing.  It has been a bit of a painful process for him and we have encountered some set backs (such as Maisie ripping it out of the pot when it had JUST started rooting tiny delicate roots!), but it looks like it is growing now!!  And doing well!  The warm weather we have been having sure has helped it.  As you could have guessed, it needs heat!  I need to take another picture because it has grown so much in the last week!  I was having a hard time imagining what this plant was going to look like as a tropical house plant so I had to go online and find some pictures.  In Hawaii they are big bushes, but ours is just a stick right now!

The leaves are just starting to grow

Looks weird, hey?

The leaves of a mature plant

Ah-ha!  This is what I was looking for!  The stages of growth!

So pretty and so fragrant!