Plumeria Cultivars

Possibly the same as Violet Jade Dragon; named by Luc for Carol Cat Mylrea.

Purplish pink flowers with small orange-yellow center, oval petals with pointed tip, moderately overlapping. 3.5 inches, scented.

Stiff thick petals with purple buds opening to lavender flowers with very strong lily scent. Flowers do not wilt easily.

The first purple plumeria available in the US, with 2.5-3 inches purple-lavender flowers with orange center and darker veins. Needs heat, eager bloomer once established.

Golden-yellow with red-purple edge and red veining, dark red buds. Medium sweet honey fragrance with wild strawberry hint. Slow grower, must be grafted.

Large compact flowers similar to Evalani but more compact and with different scent. Big flowers with sweet scent.

Thai variety producing masses of mauve flowers.

Beautiful purple with yellow center and dark pink touch, 2-2.5 inches with grainy texture. Semi-upright habit, blooms in small bundles. Very limited availability.

Large 4-5 inch star-shaped purple-maroon flowers with golden-yellow center and red veining. Good keeping quality, medium sweet fragrance.

Very large 4-5 inch light purple blooms with a rainbow swirl of gold and orange in the center and sweet, fresh fragrance; a tall, sparse-blooming seedling of Charlotte Ebert.

Very unusual light purple to purplish-grey with dark purple and dark grey stripes radiating from yellow center. Medium to large size with good perfume.

Thai cultivar with 3-inch creamy white flowers marked with dark pink speckles and streaks; sets seed.

Seedling of Puu Kahea with large 4+ inch flowers showing more white and reddish-pink than its mostly yellow mother, and a good bloomer with large inflorescences.

Seedling of Puu Kahea with 4+ inch flowers similar in shape, featuring some white and more reddish-pink coloring. Good bloomer with large inflorescences.

Orange center with lavender-pink streak on soft pink petals, slightly ruffled with lavender-pink band on petal back. Soft fragrance.

Cultivar from Preecha's nursery in Thailand.

4-inch propeller-shaped flower with pink, orange, gold, and lavender hues that changes color. Fresh floral-peach fragrance. Fast grower but skinny wood.

Grove Farm seedling that sets seed.

Unique 4-inch mauve-apricot colored blooms with soft pastels that glow vibrantly. Heavy bloomer, easy to root, spicy coconut-peach fragrance.

Velvety deep blood-red flowers with full generous petals and little orange in center. 3.5-inch pendulous inflorescences with lovely strong sweet perfume.

Queen Kapiolani was renamed by Jim Little because it was worthy of a higher name.

Discovered in Australia near Napranum on NW Gulf. Very beautiful multi-color tricolor pink, white, and yellow with exquisite perfume. Large flowers in big bunches.

Cultivar from Don Herron, stolen in 2008.

White flowers with pink touch, star-shaped blooms, orange eyes with yellow center, pink band on back.

Intense mauve-lavender 2.5-inch blooms with large orange center and black heart. Compact growing with robust, scented flowers.

Not the same as R3. Compact, well-branching cultivar with no scent. Inflorescences become pendulant.

Compact dwarf with rounded, full-petaled deep red 3-inch flowers. Fresh, intense spicy sweet fragrance. Excellent for small spaces.

Light pink with white blotches creating cloud-like appearance. Petals moderately overlapped, fair texture, sweet-spicy cinnamon fragrance.

Seedling of Wildfire.

Old Hawaiian variety, possibly Lollipop, with pink and yellow shell flowers and a sturdy, compact, bushy, cold-hardy habit.