Plumeria, also known as frangipani, is a deciduous, semi-succulent tropical plant renowned for its fragrant and colorful flowers. Its distinctive scent can be sweet, spicy, floral, or fruity. Plumeria ...
A friend this week posted on Facebook a few pictures of the last bloom on her small plumeria tree. The yellow-and-white petals of the sole flower stood in stark contrast to the rich, large green ...
A: Plumeria, sometimes called frangipani or temple tree, is a tropical plant that would be severely damaged and most likely killed by the subfreezing temperatures that can occur in a Chicago-area ...
When an ornamental horticulture professor at Cuyamaca College asked him to draft a design for a plant nursery, Carl Herzog looked at the bare, decomposed granite hillside beside his Lakeside house and ...
You can count the number of plumeria cultivars on two hands … 10 times. With so much variety, you have many choices, depending on your taste and local availability. Since plumeria plants are so ...
When we hold Kickstarter fundraisers for my TV show, “A Growing Passion,” each of the crew offers something as a contributor reward. Our cameraman Michael Gerdes loves to contribute cuttings from his ...
Considering the millions of plumeria leis that greet visitors to the Hawaiian Islands each year, you might assume that the plumeria is native to Hawaii but it is not. Back in the 1600s, French ...
When David Konishi lost his plumerias in the Orange County freeze of 2007, complete strangers mailed him cuttings from their own trees so he could rebuild his collection. Humbled, Konishi vowed that ...
If you like flowers and have the space, plant plumeria. At Chatuchak about three metres away from Gate 3, there are many cultivars to choose from every Wednesday and Thursday during the midweek plant ...
Q: I want to prune my plumeria to make it branch. How should I do this, and when might the original plant bloom again? D.S., Klein A: When pruning a single-trunk potted plant, you can cut at least a ...
Larry asks: The leaves on my plumeria trees do not look healthy. Some are turning yellow, others have brown spots and many are falling off the tree. I also see orange spots on the underside of the ...