Because Plumeria are tropical and need to be protected from frost and freezes, the majority of plumeria are grown in containers and soilless mixes.

Why Grow Plumeria in Containers? 

• Soilless Potting Mixes – Primarily soiless potting mixes such as Canna Coco, Roots Organics, ProMix, Ocean Forest are used in container gardening. 
• Portability – Containers are easily moved around as needed.

Growing Plumeria Indoors is not ideal

• You have to rotate each plumeria for even light coverage
• You need to move pots around tight spaces to access all plumeria
• Plumeria do not do well indoors under conditioned air during their normal dormancy period.
• Conditioned air tends to over dry plumeria branches.
• Insects are hard to control indoors
• Plumeria need unfiltered natural sun light to grow and bloom.

Growing Plumeria In Containers in Greenhouses

• You have to rotate each plumeria for even light coverage
• You need to move pots around tight spaces to access all plumeria
• You need to check the soil for excess moisture
• You need to treat for Insects, especially whiteflies
• Tempatures need to be kept above 40 degrees if allowing plumeria to go dormant
• Tempatures need to be kept above 60 degrees to keep plumeria growing as long as possible

Outdoors

• Rotate plumeria for even light coverage
• Move plumeria to maximum sunlight. In extreamly hot regions move plumeria to partial sunlight
• Move plumeria away from insect infestated plants.
• Remove root ball to inspect roots

Plumeria will perform best if grown in full sun (minimum of 6 hours a day) outdoors. The soil should be rich in nutrients and well draining. The location should be away from lawns getting high nitrogen fertilizers and away from sprinklers causing the soil to stay too moist.