Plumeria Cultivars

Large pure white flowers with a yellow center and a strong lemon-vanilla, ylang-ylang-like fragrance; native to southern Mexico with a curvy growth habit.

Species plumeria from the Caribbean with long, narrow strap-like leaves and large, highly perfumed pure white star-shaped flowers with deep yellow centers; cold tolerant and disease resistant.

Compact, upright Bahamian species similar to P. obtusa but more dwarf, with 2 inch pure white flowers, a sweet murraya-like perfume, thick obtuse leaves, and cold tolerance; extinct in the wild.

A scentless Plumeria species from the Caracas region of Venezuela, with spoon-shaped foliage and upright bunches of white, yellow-centered flowers on long stalks above the foliage.

A medium-to-large evergreen P. caracasana with 3 to 4-inch white and yellow flowers (poached-egg appearance in the SG variety), glossy spoon-shaped foliage, smooth silver-grey bark, strong cold tolerance, and rust resistance.

Medium tree with 2" white flowers borne in clusters and a pendulous growth habit.

True obtusa species from Costa Rica forming a compact, bushy evergreen with small 2" white flowers and a sweet jasmine scent.

Cuban native with 1.5 inch propeller-shaped white flowers with yellow center and faint jasmine scent on a drought-tolerant, narrow-leaved species; very difficult to root or graft.

A Puerto Rican cultivar; the related Grenadina sets seed.

A very rare species from northern South America with no scent and leaves that are very wide at the tip.

A Colombian species with 2 inch white flowers with small yellow centers, fuzzy arrow-shaped leaves similar to pudica, and a clean floral scent. Medium tree that blooms almost nonstop in warm months and thrives on neglect.

Thin, upright branches with large glossy foliage. Exceptionally beautiful large 3” with a spiral /shell pattern in their centers

Rubra ancestor of many yellow varieties. jamesoni was proposed in 1904 in Palermo by the main gardener of the Palermo Botanical Garden, Vincenzo Riccobono

Obtusa specimen collected in Northern Yucatan in 2005, producing foot-tall upright inflorescences with multiple branching and jasmine-scented white flowers.

Upright species native to the Dominican Republic with slender branches, white citrus-scented flowers, and potential to reach 90 feet.

Species described by J.F. Gutierrez and J. Linares; Marjorie is noted for its sweet scent.

Cross-reference entry for Mary Helen Eggenberger.

High-altitude mountain species with upright growth, strap-like leaves, and highly perfumed white flowers; likely more cold tolerant than other frangipani.

Evergreen with shiny leaves and 3-inch windmill flowers in large downward-hanging clusters.

red flowers fragrant.

Rare upright evergreen shrub with very large 4-5 inch pure white spider-like highly perfumed flowers and rust-resistant dinosaur-textured leaves on a knobby trunk.

Wild Yucatan/Caribbean species ancestor of Singapore, with very small rust-free leaves and small, extremely fragrant white flowers; very compact and freely branching.

Native to Hispaniola, Cuba, and Yucatan Peninsula. Vase-shaped evergreen with white fragrant funnel flowers and smallest Plumeria leaves. Slow grower.

So far, the crosses have not captured this desirable trait.

'La Florida', a vigorous P. pudica seedling with mild fragrance, very undulate broadly oblanceolate leaves, and blooms with a yellow-green center.

Flowers hang in bunches and look like angels.

Australian hybrid of P. obtusa and P. pudica with thick glossy dark green spoon-shaped foliage, highly perfumed flowers, and a compact ball-shaped habit to 2 m.

Semi-dwarf evergreen puditusa hybrid (2012/13) with large perfumed flowers, glossy dark green foliage, cold tolerance, and rust resistance.

Outstanding hot pink puditusa variant to 2 m x 2 m with excellent perfume; one of the most cold tolerant.

Grainy pink flowers with a strong rose-resin scent; a rare bloomer imported to the Palermo Botanical Garden in 1800.

Unconfirmed subspecies of P. rubra reported to have intensely fragrant yellow blooms.

Round white flower with yellow throat and strong vanilla scent, from Palermo, Italy.

UH Collection 1023 'Pedasi', similar to 'Koko Monster', from seed collected on the Azuero Peninsula.

Extremely fragrant species with large hanging clusters of weeping, white, thin, curly-petaled carnation- and jasmine-scented flowers on thin, strongly weeping branches.

Hard-to-root species, possibly a synonym of P. filifolia; not officially recognized as a species.

Stenophylla Nana form described as unspectacular with tiny, perfumeless, spindly flowers and needle-thin leaves. Pod parent to other cultivars.

Most attractive species identified to date. Small white blooms with no scent. Bushy, multi-branched form with thin leaves. Plants average 10 to 14 inches tall, wider than high.

An evergreen obtusa-type with compact growth; distinctive for exaggerated raised leaf scars forming ridges along the trunk, with fragrant white flowers.

Malaysian cultivar with 3.5 to 4-inch scented blooms on pendulous inflorescences, huge leaves, and generous flowering.

Sets seed; related cultivar P8 resembles Grace.

Blood-red and purplish-pink blooms with honey-coconut fragrance and variable intense coloring.