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Colors
PurpleRedYellowOrange
Description
A seedling grown for over 30 years, reaching 6 feet tall, known for prolific flowering with constantly changing colors. Blooms range from reddish with violet tints to orange, yellow, and red tones similar to Tobas Fire. Features a peachy frangipani scent with excellent keeping quality. Very compact and slow-growing with uneven flower size, color, and patterning. Tends to develop black tips and may experience inflorescence burn-off. Best tested in different SoCal locations.
Appearance
Flowers vary constantly in size, color, and patterning. Can display reddish with violet tints and splashes, orange, or yellow and red similar to Tobas Fire.
Bloom
Prolific, ever-changing blooms with variable size and color patterning.
Fragrance
Peachy frangipani scent with excellent keeping quality.
Growth & Foliage
Very compact, super slow-growing tree reaching 6 feet tall.
Cultivation Tips
Recommended for the coast. Tends to develop black tips and inflorescence burn-off. Test in different SoCal locations.
Provenance
30-year-old seedling of unknown origin.
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Parentage
Seedling of This is a
Growth Habit
compact
Species
P. rubra
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Anecdotal Notes
Diana
is a seedling that I have been growing for over 30 yrs now and she measures 6ft from soil line to the top. The prolific flowering, colors change constantly so she never looks the same. Peachy Frangipani scent with a great keeping quality. Recommended for the coast. Recommended for fragrance. Heavy bloomer. Very compact. Super Compact/slow growing. Flowers ever changing in size, color, patterning. Can look reddish with violet tints and splashes, or Orange, or Yellow and red like Tobas Fire. Super slow growing and profuse bloomer. Tends to black tip, inflos burn off. Test in different locations in SoCal.
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