Daisy Wilcox #106
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Very large creamy white with pink stripe on reverse and edge of tip. Heavy texture and spicy fragrance. Opens light pink quickly fading to white with strong yellow throat, tip of petal light pink, light pink band on back; petal obovate with broad, rounded tip, heavy texture, 4 1/2". Light rainbow with white broad pointed petals. Pink edge and a small light yellow center. 4" with good spicy cold cream fragrance and a nice strong texture. Most desirable plumeria for fragrance. Tall well branching, excellent blooming tree. Light pink, quickly fading to white, strong yellow center, light pink band on back, broad obovate petals, rounded tips. Very large, creamy-white with prominent yellow center and pale pink buds. Opens with a faint pink blush and quickly fade to white. 4.5” and wide, floppy petals, with a light pink band on the reverse of the broad, rounded, heavytextured petals. Spicy fragrance, good keeping quality, and large, dense clusters. Medium compact tree, stack is reddish, smooth with small pedicels; upright, tight flower clusters. Largest individual flowers. Daisy W is also famous for sealing over, so a readily growing tip might not produce anymore leaf claws and ends with a bald tip that produces new branches from leaf scars near the tip. Notorious rotter and BT, but its progeny are usually very strong. Tropic World would be a good example. Requires excellent drainage. Sensitive to soil compaction. Upright open branching with huge leaves first discovered on the island of Kauai. Root in dry conditions. Beautiful, very dense large flowers with spicy fragrance. Seed parent to all the Moragne cultivars. Very large, creamy white with streaks of pink, a prominent golden center, and an orange eye. Huge individual blossoms 5 to 6” and wide petals. They have a charming, strong pink band on the reverse of the broad pink tips, and rounded heavy-texture petals. Great spicy fragrance, good keeping quality, and large, dense clusters. Heavy bloomer. Should be grafted. Tends to dehydrate as a cutting. Leaves are very thick, waxy and leathery. Sets seed.
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