Carnival JJ.
Colors
OrangeCoralYellowPink
Description
Carnival JJ is a slow-growing, heavy-wooded plumeria with some of the thickest flower petals reported. Flowers are a grainy pink, gorgeous in appearance, with color shifting from yellow to coral to deep pink depending on temperature. The fragrance is lemony and somewhat spicy, sometimes described as cinnamon. Growth is medium, with very thick, fat branches. The stiff opened flowers can obstruct new flowers trying to open.
Appearance
Grainy pink flowers with very thick, stiff petals; color varies with temperature from yellow to coral to deep pink.
Bloom
Stiff open flowers can prevent new flowers from opening.
Fragrance
Lovely lemony scent, somewhat spicy; a cinnamon note has also been described.
Growth & Foliage
Slow-growing and heavy-wooded with medium overall growth and very thick, fat branches.
Also Known As
Pink CarnivalakaFlorida Colors Nursery Salmon Jackaka
Details
Hybridizer
Florida Colors Nursery
Growth Habit
medium
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Fragrance Strength
will love, love lemony
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
Texture is very thick. The stiff opened flowers prevent new ones from opening, Growth is medium but branches are real thick and fat and you will love the scent. A slow growing, heavy-wooded plumeria with some of the thickest flower petals we've ever seen. The grainy pink flowers are gorgeous. The stiff opened flowers can prevent new ones from opening. Growth is medium but branches are real thick and fat and you will love the lemony scent. Cinnamon scent. Gorgeous grainy pink flowers with a lovely lemon, somewhat spicy, scent. Color varies with temperatures, from yellow to coral to deep pink.
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Fragrancewill love, love lemony
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