I was given a frangipani as a gift two years ago and this year it had a large amount of flowers on a single stalk. Can anyone tell me if the stalk has to be cut off when the flowers have finished or will it fall off by it's self.

G'day Mudda,

Leave the stalk on it love as it will branch from there come late spring. I hope you've got it growing in a sunny, warm, dry position.

Do not water from this point on as they are a very milky shrub and with winter water/rain and very little drying they do tend to rot. Mine are all growing due East, and Mudda, they transplant very easy when dormant.
They also stike very easy from cuttings.

Cheers.

I've been growing them for 20 years now. I kept my first one in a pot and took inside for winter till it got too big then planted it close to the house for warmth and now bloody big. Have broken bits off and maybe given 50 bits away. A frost will kill it quick unless in a warm spot as Squirter says. Cheers, Bazza.

Hi there, Many thanks to Squirter and Bazza for their help. I managed to kill off a frangipani I'd brought for myself several years ago and was worried I'd do the same with this one. I get a lot of frosts and strong winds so this one is in a pot out of the weather but in full sun. The only problem I seem to be having is spider mite.

Hi Squirter, I took your advice and that of Bazza's, and my frangipani is still alive and starting to grow leaves again .
There are two branches growing from where the flower stalk grew .Now the flower stalk is looking a bit old and manky, do I leave it or take it off now, don't want the old brown stalk to travel down to the new branches if it might make them rot. Any advice on insect control on it would be most welcome. Mainly on spider mite.
Cheers mudda

Hi there Mudda. I don't break anything off but it wouln't hurt. Just spray with any plant insect spray. even fly spray. The leaves are sprouting well now. Cheers, Bazza.

Hi Bazza and Squirter, following your advice, I now have 5 new growing tips to the branches and 2 flower stalks. Is there anything they like to be fed with to keep them strong and healthy.
Cheers Mudda

Hi Mudda. I don't bother feeding much but maybe a couple of handfulls of general fertilizer about now. They grow in the islands in the poorest of soil and lack of water. Cheers, Bazza.

I have a frangipani that has never flowered. It never lsoes its leaves either but at the moment they are looking very yelow. I repotted it 2 years ago and think it might have not had enough sun. It has grown a lot since then with more branches and leaves but still no flowers. What can I do to make it flower? Thanks for your advice

Hi there Gladys. There are two types of Frangipani. One they call the Aussie one that grows like a tree with small yellow flowers and keeps it's leaves all year round. The island one which is a flower like you see stuck in islanders ears. The Aussie one will grow up to 30 feet in a short time but the island one I have had for 30 years is still only 8 feet high. It don't have branches but more like a cactus without the prickles in winter. At this time of the year it should have plenty of leaves and at the end of each point a set of flower stems forming as mine has. At Albany you should be able to grow then very well. If you wan't to know more aske me to be your friend and we can get in touch and I'll even send you some cutting and photos. Cheers, Bazza.

G'day Gladys'

Yes Bazza's right love, and he'll give you the right oil. I've seen the exotic Frangipani growing here at 12 feet, some being around Mission Bay, and a couple round the corner from me here.

The Queensland Frangipani's name if interested is."Hymenosporum Flavum" smothered in creamy yellow flowers from early spring to about now, and yes the fragrance it about the same as the exotic one. If interested pinch out the growing tips to shrub it up, they are fairly hardy and frost resistant.....there's a miniture version of this one growing to about 1 metre, that nursery at Silverdale will have them, persevere with that exotic one though love as the rewards are worth it. I'm having a hell of a job where I'm now living getting the confounded thing to grow properly.

As a thought, grab one of the minitures ones too, you'll enjoy the fragrance.

Cheers.