River White
Colors
YellowPinkWhite
Description
Heavy bloomer with tight clusters of 3-5" recurved blooms. Growth habit is semi-compact to medium with medium floral scent. Initially opens with beautiful butter-yellow color with a swirl of dark pink around the eye. Flowers love to fold back like a parachute. Great bloomer but rarely offered because difficult to root. Another description notes 5" pink-budded blooms that develop pinkish color in hot, humid weather. Beautiful butter-yellow blooms open with swirl of dark pink around eye and heavy clustering. Also described as white recurved flowers edged in pink with medium floral scent, semi-compact growth.
Appearance
3-5" recurved blooms. Initially butter-yellow with dark pink eye. White edged in pink. Petals fold back like parachute.
Bloom
Heavy blooming in tight clusters. Recurved petal form.
Fragrance
Medium floral scent.
Growth & Foliage
Semi-compact to medium growth. Pink buds. 5" blooms.
Cultivation Tips
Great bloomer but difficult to root; rarely offered. Develops pink coloring in hot, humid conditions.
Provenance
Original plumeria from early collection.
Also Known As
Details
Hybridizer
Jungle Jack
Growth Habit
semi-compact
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Source
JJ
Size (in)
3-5
Fragrance Strength
medium floral
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
: A heavy bloomer, with tight clusters of 3-5” re-curved blooms. Growth habit:: semi-compact to medium. Scent:: medium. It gets a beautiful butter yellow when it first opens with a swirl of dark pink around the eye. The flower loves to fold back like a big parachute. A great bloomer but rarely offered because it's difficult to root. Another of our original plumeria. Pink buds. 5”. Develops a pinkish color when it gets hot and humid. Beautiful butter yellow blooms open with a swirl of dark pink around the eye. A heavy blooming plumeria, with tight clusters of 3-5” white recurved flowers edged in pink plus a medium floral scent. Growth habit is semi-compact.
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Size3-5"
Fragrancemedium floral
Colors3
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