Plumeria Cultivars

Nice rich red-maroon flowers with red bands and veins throughout petals, 2.5-3 inches with red buds. Wonderful sweet scent, easy to bloom.

White overlaid with pink, yellow center, wide elliptical overlapping pointed petals, heavy texture, 3.75 inches. Raspberry fragrance, good keeping quality. Blooms fade from deep raspberry red to soft pink.

Huge, full flower heads of raspberry stars.

Thornton pink with yellow center, sweet fragrance. Light pink elliptical wide overlapped rounded petals blending from light pink to white with pink bands on reverse.

Small flowers with star center from Oz.

Australian cultivar possibly synonymous with Lipstick; very fragrant and sets seed.

Dark pink elliptical flowers with white veins and yellow center, descended from 'Mauve'. Easy to root with lanky growth and delicate blooms that fade quickly in sun.

Yellow fire spreads into pink veining when blooms first open. Slender medium grower that becomes prolific brancher when mature around 2.5-3.5 ft.

2-3" golden-orange flowers with white margins and deep pink-red brush strokes forming dense clusters. Good substance, compact branching habit.

2-3 inch open flowers with overlapping rounded petals in golden-orange with white margins overlaid with deep pink and red brush strokes and veining, on a compact, well-branching plant.

3-inch sweetly fragrant light pink flowers with pink veins, white blend, gold center, and pink bands on the reverse; medium to tall grower with good branching.

4-inch sweetly fragrant reddish pink flowers blending red, pink, and orange with red bands on the reverse; medium grower with average branching.

P. stenopetala seedling with 3-inch heavy-substance flowers opening from deep maroon buds to cream and light brown with a yellow throat, contrasting a maroon-pink reverse; strongly sweet fragrance.

Unique lavender-purple plumeria with twisty petals that fade to bluish-purple. Vanilla scent, medium growth, slow to root.

Heavy and generous bloomer, superior to Raspberry Sundae in flowering performance.

Flowers range red to pink to mauve depending on sun intensity and daytime temperatures, with a sweet cinnamon scent; recommended for fragrance, not truly black.

3-inch red flower with orange undertones.

3-4" glowing red and orange blooms on medium-sized tree.

Multi-colored blooms with vibrant red center and strong scent.

True dwarf 'coconut' form that is slow growing and very difficult to flower; a related cultivar, Red Dawn (2012/13), is a P. obtusa with red, pink, orange, and cream flowers.

Obtusa dwarf growing to about 24 inches with tight branching, small 2-3 inch red-stemmed dark green leaves with lemon veins, maroon midribs, and off-white flowers with a yellowish eye.

Very tall cultivar that must be grafted.

Lanky, tall cultivar with poor branching habit.

Flowers show an almost gold metallic glow at the center like Linus from Noam Champa, or purplish/lavender coloration; produces huge, showy bloom heads in the cooler South Bay climate.

Deep dark red star-shaped flowers with unusual mild spicy scent and late-season blooming. Develops beautiful orange throat with age, one of longest-lasting cultivars.

Several Red cultivars listed: Red Eric (often mislabeled Solar Flare), Red Esther (confirmed Hilo Beauty), Red Fire (3" deep red).

Very deep red-black flowers with pointed petals; similar to Madagascar Burgundy and confirmed to be Hilo Beauty; originally from a rescued tree in Simi Valley.

Very fragrant cultivar with red and orange coloring.