Top 5 WOW Factor Plumeria Choices ?
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rox146
9 years ago
moonie_57 (8 NC)
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plumeriai45
9 years agomoonie_57 (8 NC)
9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Houndhome
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9 years agoedzone9
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agorox146
9 years ago
Kimo
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agomoonie_57 (8 NC)
9 years agoedzone9
9 years agotdogdad
9 years agoI do like Butterfly Gold, Metallica, and Musk Rainbow so I thought I would add some new ones from my 150+ children.
KalinaLava Flow
Miss Nonburri
Firestorm
Angus #3
Rachel's Cloud (Tahitian Grove Farm)
my seedling of Cindy Moragne (Chelsea)
my seedling of Cindy Moragne (Sherry)
Kimo
9 years agoedzone9
9 years agoKimo
9 years agoEd,
Do u live in So Calif? Depending on where you live Firestorm can look different, but always gorgeous...if I could have picked more than 5, I would have added FS.
I got mine from John when I went on a field trip there with some others in 2009.Cooler temp pic:
Same plant and inflo I believe, but different temps. The Warmer, saturated colored one was during a heat wave (was like 88..for my patch that is a heat wave). The lighter, pastel colored one was when it was in the 70's and overcast at times.
Compare it to Bill, who is close to the coast and see the differences off all 3. This is why i love FS, would definitely rate it in my top 10 (Lg Flowers, good bloomer, Changing colors). I dont know about Bills or others who have it, but the one issue I find with mine is its growth habit as mine is a bit leggy.
Cheers
edzone9
9 years ago
David Richter
9 years agomoonie_57 (8 NC)
9 years agoDavid Richter
9 years agomoonie_57 (8 NC)
9 years agoDavid Richter
9 years agoedzone9
9 years ago
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
9 years agoI love all of the beautiful pictures..
Here are a few of my favorites too!!!
Penang Peach for the coloration and fragrance...
Xquisite
J-105. Love this profuse bloomer too. Great fragrance as well...
Have to put in Hong Kong.. Love this one too!!!
Have a great night everyone!!!David.. I rooted J L Metallica here in Virginia so I'm sure you will have no problem in. California!!! Congratulations on your new beauties!!
James, gorgeous pics..
Bill.. Beauties.. I agree.. Sherry is a gem!!
Have a great night everyone!!!
Laura
David Richter
9 years agoKimo
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoDavid,
I water rooted my JL Metallica with no issue, rooted in 6 weeks for me, similar to rooting a Jeannie Moragne. I also rooted a 5" tip that broke off, again water rooted.
As for Butterfly Gold, it does perform well for me. I have read and heard people complain that it took up to 5yrs before it bloomed for them (Sonia and Lynn and many others). My BFG was grafted from Florida Colors, received it in early fall (Oct), then bloomed for me in July.
Here is a pic of mine last season, I had just root pruned it and repotted so the inflos is not performing like it usually does with size and shape, but color is typical for me. I used Chris Durhams pic because of his intense color, excellent prime example of what a BFG should look like. My BFG does not get as much color but shape wise it performs.
Again this was take the season I root pruned her:
Flowers after transplanting were much smaller than normal but does get the shape (JJs Taj Mahal is good in cool temps), but this is about as good as it gets for color in my patch that stays cool in summer (avg around 76 to 82 max, with maybe 2 to 5 days a year of 90 degree heat rare to get to 100 or over.).I found that plumies that seem to have requirements to look like their parent tree in its original growing environment (hot and sunny) , like Shapes/Patterns/Colors esp purples, the longer you have a plumie and the larger it gets the closer it looks to parent. When Metallica bloomed for the first time looked saturated purple(but did have a heat wave for a bit), but is one of the best purples for cooler temps.
Hey Laura....Waving @ ya.
David Richter
9 years agoKimo
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoDavid,
I had the same perspective about Pagoda shapes as my first was JL Golden Pagoda, got it around 2004/2005. When it bloomed in 2006, it was kind of anticlimactic as it did not perform.
Just showing you some phases of GP without sun and heat and with:Without heat & sun:
With some heat:
With out the high heat and sun/humidity, no pagoda shape.
I have learned that even with the cool temps in my patch and overcast days there are some plumies that will perform shape wise like Taj Mahal from JJ's:
So try out what you like and you might be surprised @ what performs.
Cheers
jandey1
9 years agoEd, as usual, I like to play the kill-joy and point out that some stunners are also big pains-in-the-patootie. But being in FL you'll probably have more luck than many of us.
These are all fantastic Wow Factor plants that also aren't too difficult for new plumerians:
California Sally, big BIG blooms and a long-lasting inflo
Lemon Drop, a reliable bloomer and photogenic rich yellow
Desert Sunrise, which needs no explanation
Pink Diamond, wonderful scent and gorgeous color on a small plant
Serenade, this one recommended by Jungle Jack, great scent and long-lasting inflo on a small plant
You can't go wrong with either Florida Colors' or Jungle Jack's recommendations. There are too many wonderful ones for folks who have the right climate to be able to whittle down to only five!
Kimo