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Kanto Starburst 3-4"

Colors
WhiteYellowPink

Description

Produces 3 to 4 inch flowers with a yellow center and a starburst of white radiating outward to pink. Petals are rounded, narrowing toward the center. Sweet fruity scent. Good keeping quality with an unusual shape.

Appearance

Yellow center with a white starburst radiating to pink. Rounded petals narrowing toward the center.

Bloom

3 to 4 inch flowers with good keeping quality.

Fragrance

Sweet fruity scent.

Also Known As

Details

Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Size (in)
3-4
Fragrance Strength
sweet fruity
Anecdotal Notes
Diana

yellow center, with a starburst of white that radiates out to pink. Rounded petals that narrow towards the center. A sweet fruity scent. Good keeping quality with a unusual shape Kao Yai colors were really nice. Large bloom about 5”. Medium fragrance. Kapalua an admitted rename. Possibly other one, pink, from Angus. May also be Royal Orange. Original name is "Aunty J", sold as Kapalua by Richard Toba - he was gifted cuttings. The original tree was on L. Montgomery's aunt's property in Lahaina – now gone, bulldozed for a parking lot. Great keeping quality and tropical fragrance. Large and heavy grower with excellent branching and long bloom cycle. Large blooms, a large and tall growth habit and impressive fragrance. Super fast growth and huge leaves, the last one to drop leaves as well. Great keeping quality and sweet floral fragrance. Many different colors through bloom cycle, attractive fragrance. Large branches, steady bloomer. Very hard to root and grow. Cold hardy. Strong, sweet, perfumed and delicate. Vigorous grower and orangest plumeria I've ever seen. Water lover. Sets seed. Kapi’olani means “arc of heaven”. Slightly waffled petals, very rare red. Good color as it face, not the best fragrance. The wife of Kalākaua, the last King of Hawai'i. A strong proponent of ho'olulu lāhui, "increasing the nation", she is credited with founding the Kapi'olani Maternity Home, now known as Kapi'olani Medical Center, where Hawaiian mothers and their children could receive care. In 1884, she would visit the leper settlement at Kalaupapa on Moloka'i, and would found the Kapi'olani Home for Girls to help educate the daughters of some of those residents. In 1887, she would attend the Golden Jubilee for Queen Victoria in London. Kapiʻolani Park in Waikīkī was named after the Queen by her husband, King Kalākaua. Sets seed pods. Kapua Very dense bloomer with very good keeping quality. Hot pink Kapunakea Name of an area on the island of Maui. Means "clear spring" or "white coral" in Hawaiian. Very large flower exceeding 4” with wonderful peach fragrance. Definitely lei quality. Orange, gold, red. Amazing flower and a very thick beefy grower. Expensive, rare, impossible to root, also rots for no apparent reason some years.

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Quick Facts

Size3-4"
Fragrancesweet fruity
Colors3