Plumeria, Frangipani

Plumeria Pink Pansy

26/11/2013

Plumeria Pink Pansy

Plumeria Pink Pansy is a dwarf-type Plumeria rubra cultivar with pansy-like pink-white flowers, developed in Hawaii. The highly fragrant flowers, with a sweet scence get a size of about 6 cm in diameter. Plumeria Pink Pansy plants are particularly suitable to be cultivated in containers as the tree, if regularly and proper trimmed, can be Read More »

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Plumeria rubra Honey Moon

Plumeria Honey Moon, also called and registered as Plumeria Bowen Yellow, is a Frangipani cultivar from Plumeria rubra. The Plumeria or Frangipani, a genus in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), is native to Central- and South America and the Caribbean Islands, but has been grown enormous in popularity in our home country Thailand as Her Majesty Read More »

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Plumeria obtusa (Singapore White)

Even if the name Plumeria obtusa L. 1753 Singapore White suggests that this is a plant, native to Asia. That`s wrong ! Plumeria (Frangipani) plants are native to Central- and South America, the Caribbean Islands and New Zealand. Nowadays the tropical plant is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries around the world, so in Read More »

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Bridal bouquet (Plumeria pudica)

As I first saw a Plumeria pudica plant, commonly called Bridal bouquet, White Frangipani, Fiddle Leaf Plumeria, Wild Plumeria or Bonairian Oleander, I didn`t expect that the tropical plant belongs to the Plumeria genus. As other Frangipani plants have woody, tree-like stems, Plumeria pudica looks more like a forb and its spoon-shaped or fiddle-shaped leaves Read More »

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Plumeria Penang Peach

Plumeria Penang Peach has been named after the Malaysian island of Penang and is a crossing from different Plumeria rubra L. 1753 varieties. Like most Plumeria flowers, the multi-colored Plumeria Penang Peach flowers are highly fragrant. The genus Plumeria, a member of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) has been primarily described by the French botanist Joseph Read More »

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Plumeria rubra L. 1753, Red Frangipani flowers

Plumeria rubra L. 1753, also called Red Frangipani is a tropical tree,
native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela.
Due to its fragrant, beautiful flowers Frangipani trees are widely grown
in tropical and subtropical countries around the world…

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