Ahhh, Plumeria!

[MarkRG]

The fragrance is building!

 

[olena]

I love the Plumeria Yankee Candle. I would LOVE to smell the real thing!

Gorgeous pics!

 

[Snowwark]

It looks beautiful Mark!

Oh I wish we had a scratch n' sniff feature!!!

 

[Mamu]

Mark you have some of the most magnificent flowers. I love seeing your pic's. Thank for sharing.

 

[olena]

Oh I wish we had a scratch n' sniff feature!!!

DITTO!

 

[gina2000]

WOW! I've never seen a plumeria! I didn't even realize it was a flower!

I have a Bath and Body Shop scent that's labelled Plumeria....now I know what I'm smelling like when I spray it on!!!!


Simply SCENTsational!!!!

 

[DebºoºS]

Just beautiful Mark! Simply perfect plumeria!
You take great pics too. I always enjoy them thanks for sharing
scratch n sniff Double Ditto

 

[DixieDreamer]

Gorgeous! I would love to simply stand and INHALE in your garden!

 

[MarkRG]

Thanks for the nice comments, it's an interesting plant!

The flowers, about the size of a silver dollar are extremely fragrant. For anyone who don't know they're a native of Hawaii, which is what lei's are traditionally made out of.

I've already plucked the 2 flowers you see in the above pics, as it will normally drop them off in a day or two. We put them on the headboard in the bedroom which really creates a fragrant aroma. It's since made 3 more, with more coming behind those, due to the unusually warm weather we've had. Mine's nothing like they are in their native climate; They can grow to the size of a large bush as shown by this pic I took of one at Coral World on St. Thomas(no the guy is NOT me, he's demonstrating the shark feeding happening below him)

Now, I'll share a current pic with the 3 new blooms!

 

[Tulirose]

Absolutely beautiful MarkRG and thanks for the mini-lesson regarding that this plant is used to make lei's.

 

[DebºoºS]

Thanks Mark for the new gorgeous pics. Since Chicago gets so cold how do you winter them? Do you keep them potted in the house are they tuberous? scratch...sniff.....

 

[MarkRG]

I keep them in 10 gallon pots and bring them in to the warm basement under fluorescents for the winter. I have two; the other one flowered last year and divided the stalk(they do that on a bloom on any stalk), no blooms from it this year, probably be the next.

They're basically a stick, about the diameter of a pepperoni stick. They will root very easily on good soil. and all you do to divide them is cut the stick up into pieces and plant them and they'll regrow.


If you're interested in trying one, this website has them for sale, I've met them at the Epcot Flower & Garden show, very nice people, had good advice for me.

Just Plumerias Link