Varieties & Types

Many growers assume waimea plumeria must be a Hawaiian cultivar, since Waimea is a well known place name on Kauai, Oahu and the Big Island.

Many people hear the name and picture a solid red plumeria. That is the common myth about fireblast plumeria, and seller descriptions do not support

It is easy to assume grove farm plumeria is one of William Moragne’s famous hybrids. He managed Grove Farm on Kauai, after all. The published

You order a cutting tagged Donald Angus, and the seller’s photo shows a red flower with an orange center. Then a second listing uses the

Many buyers assume taj mahal plumeria is a pure white flower, like the marble monument it is named after. It isn’t. Nursery listings describe a

Paul Weissich plumeria is a Hawaiian cultivar with golden yellow and orange flowers, sold by some nurseries under the alias Orange Bouquet. It is named

You open a cutting list and see ‘Pink Pansy (JL)’, another plant marked (JJ) and a third tagged FCN. Growers searching jj plumeria meaning want

Picture a pink flower about as wide as the palm of a child’s hand, with wide, rounded petals and a small, bright yellow eye at

Butterfly Gold plumeria is a Thai cultivar grown for very wide, twisting petals in gold streaked with orange and red. The flowers are large, and

Kaneohe Sunburst plumeria is a deep pink Hawaiian cultivar with a big, brilliant yellow center and fine red lines running outward from the throat. It