Rox, Knowing that you said "named" plants kind of precludes the statement of window shopping trees in a neighborhood and asking the owner if you could purchase a cutting. The answer usually falls between "Go Away" and "take what you want." I would recommend talking with Kara G. (the operator of the Dole Plantaion Kiosk). I have had very good cuttings from Kara and from the Swap Meet sellers too. Kenny also posted about a grower on Oahu a while back. I think its a rare day for many of the "premium" sellers to allow guests to walk their tree farms. I can understand the apprehension to visitors from some of the experiences other have posted about in the forum. There is a place just southwest of Lihue called "Kauai Nursery and Landscaping" or something like that which has some plants and will ship to the mainland but frankly speaking I have been previously underwhelmed by local nurseries on all the islands as far as named plumeria. They are just pink, red, yellow, etc. There was a place in the Iao Valley on Maui but again a selection about the size of a picnic table. They had one plant named "Iao Valley" but the worker could tell me very little about it. The Big Island I havent been to since 2003 but some family friends in Wiamea (Kumuela) on the island have looked in the Kohala area for me as late as 2011 without much luck.

Joan, Barbara was Emmerson's mentor, per his wife Nancy. She told me this at the PSA sale in Fort Bend. I bought 2 plants from her at the sale, sent one to Andrew. My plant had such a great root system, she rooted it a few months prior. I don't know about Andrews plant, but I know he was very pleased when he got it. I live in San Antonio, and Andrew lives in New York. If you want her email address, send me an email and I will give it to you. Barbra

I just got this seedling from a dark pink parent from Fuzzy.... It is waking up with dark leaves and the whole stem is very dark so I'm hoping for something colorful. The seedlings I saved from my germinating efforts last year I tried to keep the ones with burgundy leaves or red veining (although I kept a couple very green ones for variety. I love that they are unique.

Hi Linaria - I've never seen H non-scripta in a 'normal' garden, only in the wild or somewhere with very extensive grounds. They look best seen from a distance, en masse, in a woodland setting where what happens after flowering is not relevant. You need a lot of them to get the misty blue effect. In small numbers, though pretty, they don't make much impact imo. We have a problem over here with hybridisation watering down the native species. One other point. If your local garden centre is selling H non-scripta I'd want to be absolutely certain they're not dug from the wild.