Q: I have a 5-foot-tall plumeria that has multiple shriveled/frozen ends. Do I prune back to solid wood on the same branch or back to where it joins the trunk? How do I take cuttings? — J.M., Houston ...

Question: Our plumeria has grown more than eight feet tall. Can it be pruned at this time? Answer: Prune the plants back if you wish, but you may miss good flowering, which continues into the fall.

Local nurseries are filled with tropical plants for gardeners to place on their patio each summer, but many of these plants are difficult to keep alive inside the house during the wintertime.

It’s always a treat to hear from a reader of the Get Growing column who is growing something unusual in his garden. Dennis Rees, of Rosebank, wrote to say he has been experimenting with some plumeria ...

When David Konishi lost his plumerias in the Orange County freeze of 2007, complete strangers mailed him cuttings from their own trees so he could rebuild his collection. Humbled, Konishi vowed that ...