Curly Temple
Colors
OrangeYellow
Description
Features huge basketball-sized clusters with blushed yellow 4-inch flowers and floral frangipani fragrance. Peachy yellow and reddish-orange lines radiate from the center. The petals tend to curl back. The perfume is really soft and delicate, not light or subtle. It smells like an actual perfume, beautiful without being spicy or citrus, but light and delicate. 3-inch sweetly scented blooms with semi-compact growth. Currumbin Gold should be grafted as it is extremely sensitive to soil compaction and needs excellent soil porosity to survive in cold climates. Sets seed.
Appearance
4-inch blushed yellow flowers with peachy yellow and reddish-orange radiating lines, petals curling back.
Bloom
Huge basketball-sized clusters of 4-inch flowers.
Fragrance
Delicate floral frangipani fragrance, soft and beautiful, smells like an actual perfume.
Growth & Foliage
Semi-compact growth.
Cultivation Tips
Sets seed. Currumbin Gold form is extremely sensitive to soil compaction. Needs excellent soil porosity to survive in cold climates.
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Growth Habit
semi-compact
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
Yes
Source
Oz
Size (in)
4
Fragrance Strength
floral frangipani, like actual
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
huge basketball sized clusters. Blushed yellow 4” and a floral frangipani fragrance. Peachy yellow and reddish orange lines radiate from the center. The petals tend to curl back. The perfume is really soft and delicate. Not light or subtle. It smells like an actual perfume. It's beautiful...not spicy or citrus, but light and delicate. 3″ sweetly scented. Semi-compact growth. Sets seed. Currumbin Gold should be grafted, it is EXTREMELY SENSITIVE to soil compaction. Needs excellent soil porosity to survive in cold climates.
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Size4"
Fragrancefloral frangipani, like actual
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