MaPat wrote: > It sprouted -- and grew lovely big leaves, about nine of them. > Then they faded. I inspected with naked eye and magnifying glass for > pests. Nothing. Even spanked the leaves gently over white paper and > inspected that. Nothing. One by one the leaves have decayed and > dropped off. Still, new leaves are forming healthily. Mother, try the following URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~miltonp/plumeria/PlumeriaCare.html There's a good bit of info. from the Plumeria Society of America (based in Houston). Catharine