Plumeria Cutting - Rooting for anytime of Year Like anything else with gardening, rooting a Plumeria cutting is all about the preparation.
With the right tools and instructions, you will have a beautiful Plumeria tree growing throughout every season.
Please note that all the items I mention in this article can be found at Lowe's or Home Depot.
What you will need:

1. One 4" to 6" plastic or grow pot with drainage holes in the bottom of the pot.
   This size pot will house your Plumeria for about one year from the time you root your Plumeria.
   
2. Any purchased potting soil or soil-less media that can be used for Houseplants.
   
3. Cinder, Perlite or Potting Gravel.
   
4. Dip-N-Grow or some type of rooting compound.
   

Mix the soil and cinder using 1/2 cinder and 1/2 potting soil.
This will provide good drainage for your plant.
Slightly moisten the soil mixture, put two or three rocks (about ½ inch in size) in the bottom of the pot and then fill the pot about 3/4ths full of the moist potting soil mix.
Make a hole in the center of the soil mix that is at least 2" deep and big enough around to fit your cutting.
Use a rooting compound and follow the instructions on the package on how to use this product.
After it has been dipped in the rooting compound according to package instructions, place your cutting in the hole you have made in the soil mix and firmly pack the soil mix all around the cutting, adding more soil mix if necessary to get the cutting firmly packed.
Make sure your cutting is tight and secure in the pot.
Water it thoroughly until you see the water draining out the bottom of the pot.
Make sure the water is ALWAYS able to drain freely out of the bottom of the pot.
Plumeria, whether rooting or rooted, do not like to sit in water for any length of time.
Rooting a Plumeria cutting is a little different than growing a Plumeria that is rooted already.
You need to keep the soil mixture basically dry most of the time while the cutting is spreading it roots into the soil.
On the day you pot it you should water it very well, making sure it is draining out of the bottom of the pot.
Then, let the soil dry out and remain dry for about a week.
Now repeat; giving it a little bit of water (enough to moisten the soil) and let it dry for about 2 or 3 months.
After this processes your Plumeria cutting should be rooted.
But, just to be sure, check the roots by gently slipping the plant out of the pot.
One thing of note, if the cutting shoots any full leaves or fluorescents while it is trying to root you will need to cut them off.
Once it has rooted you will need to increase the watering to about every 4 or 5 days, making sure the soil is dry before you water it each time.
If you live where you get a frost, and you are rooting your cutting during the Spring or Summer months, put it outside in an area that gets direct morning sun and indirect afternoon sun.
Once it roots however you can put it in full direct sun all day.
If you are rooting your cutting during the Winter or Fall months, and your plant is inside the house, put it a place that is really bright all day.
If you are not getting bright natural light all day due to the cloudy days of Fall and Winter, use indoor florescent or incandescent lighting to supplement the light.
It will need 6 to 8 hours of bright indoor light each day.
If you do not get a frost in your area of the country, then while your cutting is rooting, treat it as if your were rooting in the Spring or Summer for frost environments.
Thank you for reading this simple instruction manual to rooting a Plumeria cutting and I wish you all the best with this magnificent plant.