Plumeria obtusa, the Singapore White, is the evergreen frangipani that blooms nearly year round. How to identify it, grow it, and how it differs from the deciduous rubra.

Plumeria rubra is the species behind nearly every colorful frangipani. How to identify it, the colors it comes in, how to care for one, and how it differs from obtusa, alba, and pudica.

Let’s have an honest chat, because purple plumeria is the one color where you need a little myth busting before you go shopping. You’ve probably

Close your eyes and picture a plumeria. A Hawaiian lei, a beach, that whole tropical postcard vibe. I’d bet money the flower you’re picturing is

If white plumeria is elegant and pink is romantic, red is the one that walks into the room and demands you look at it. Red

Pink plumeria might be my favorite color of the whole bunch. And I don’t say that lightly, because I love a good white one too.

So you want a plumeria. Great choice. Then you start actually shopping, and… whoa. White ones, yellow ones, ones that look like somebody spray painted

Few flowers say “tropical” quite like a white plumeria. The creamy, pinwheel petals and that heady evening perfume are the signature of a Hawaiian lei,