Evergreen plumeria

11 years ago

A pic of what I believe is a Plumeria pudica usually referred to as evergreen but is much different than the "singapore Hybrids It does have a strong aroma which doesn't fit the description Raised this from a 3 inch twig and was stepped on ,frozen went underwater, and squirrels use it for a gymnasium often damaging the flower heads

Anyway it is rather attrative this year lol gary

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Ingrida
11 years ago
Tough begining, but a fragrant beauty.
tropicbreezent
11 years ago
Yes, they tend to grow tall and slender, rather than to spread out tree-like as the others do. I've got one (my first) that's over 5 metres tall. Of course all the flowers are up top. A palm frond dropped and broke a small branch off. So I leaned it up against a tree in the garden trying to work out where it could be put as a cutting. Then forgot about it. It's still in the same spot but about 2 metres tall now. They're both flowering away madly at the moment.
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garyfla_gw
Original Author
11 years ago
Hi

Have you found them to be "evergreen"?? I find they undergo a dormant period no matter the weather but is much shorter than regular plumeria.

Ever see any flower color besides white variations?? I keep hearing about pink,yellows ,bi colored but never see them .. gary
tropicbreezent
11 years ago
Mine are fully leafed all year, same with the ones I see elsewhere around the place. But the flower colour is always white. Have wondered whether they might come in other colours myself.

One of the "usual" type ones that I have also keeps its leaves all year, flower colour is white with yellow centre and very fragrant.
garyfla_gw
Original Author
11 years ago
hi

i googled "evergreen " plumeria and found a nursery not 25 miles from me that listed 25 different colors. 12 growth habits and 30 different aromas lol

Also color changing ,varieagated with a choice of white ,striped, mottled yellow and and tri colored foliage . Also grafted bicolored with up to 4 colors on the same plant !!

250 varieties of deciduous lol i guess there are other kinds lol

gary
tropicbreezent
11 years ago
I came across what I think is the name of my "usual type" one that remains evergreen, P. obtusa "Singapore".
garyfla_gw
Original Author
11 years ago
Hi

Here is a pic of the one I planted in my neighbors yard many years ago Over 25 feet and still growing Definitely NOT evergreen lol They planted a royal poincianna on the other side bright pink mixed with the orangish effect

Downright gaudy??? lol gary
blckrose
11 years ago
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I also have Plumera pudica, spotted it at a nursery about 10 years ago. My first grew to about 4 metres (around 10 feet), straight up - no (perhaps a little) lateral growth - before it was destroyed by the remnants of Cyclone Oswald in 2012. I took a few stems and now have 2 more. Both are definitely scentless. By the way, P. pudica does not suffer from frangipani rust, and, at least in warmer climates, is rarely without a flower.
tropicbreezent
11 years ago
I've noticed that with mine as well. No rust and seem to flower most of the time.