My frangipani keeps dropping its buds

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  1. wozwoz

    wozwoz Gardener

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    Hi u guys
    I have had a frangipani for four years now , grown from a piece of frangipani stick . I was so chuffed when it put out a flower bud cluster . I was worried about whether it would manage to mature the buds and sure enough the buds mature consecutively , they get so far , get bored and drop off ! I've got it in a big window that faces east . What can I do , I've waited a while for this , I'll be gutted if none of them mature.
     
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    Well, you are VERY lucky.:love30:I grew one from seed, years and years ago. It has NEVER, EVER had even 1 bud on it, and although it is about 3 to 4 ft tall, it is the oddest, ugliest plant you have ever clapped eyes on. I put it outside one summer, it was blown over,which knocked the top off and 4 more branchy things started to grow from where it had been decapitated.
    Another branchy thing has since been knocked off.

    Josie

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  3. wozwoz

    wozwoz Gardener

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    thanx for that birdy , ummm , yours might to better in a bit bigger pot , it is obviously determined to survive tho ! : )
     
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