I thought it would be fun if we posted photographs of Plumerias grown by other people in our neighborhoods and botanical gardens.These are plumerias growing at a home around the corner from my home.
Plumerias Around Town
Wow! Fabulous! This is my friend Roger's Miami Rose in full bloom. He lives in Florida.
This picture was taken by my friend Relda at the Florida Colors Plumeria Meet:
Roger's Miami Rose is beautiful and well branched Clare. If I can get to Florida Colors soon, I'll try to photograph the plumerias that Carol and Luc have planted along the street.
Delecie, I would love to see those if you can get there. In the meantime, I'll be on the lookout for more grown trees in the neighborhood and try to get pictures of them.
That would be great Clare. I could have kicked myself yesterday because I was killing time by driving around a strange neighborhood, looking at landscaping, and what did I see a lot of? Plumerias of course, but I didn't have my camera! I hope I remember to take it with me today, just in case!
LOL, Delecie! I don't carry my camera around with me normally either. It is too expensive, and I am likely to leave it somewhere.
Delecie, this picture isn't from around town, but it does show some nice trees.
That's a nice photograph Clare. Where did you take it?
Hi Delecie, I didn't. It belongs to a fellow plumie enthusiast, and I don't know where he took it either. Sorry about that. I should have made a note of it at the time, but I was busy searching for something else.
I never knew they grew so large! How old do you think those plumies are? This is the first year I've every tried growing them. I have 2 leaves on one cutting and nothing yet on the other one.
Pins, those plumies in the picture above are probably five or six years old. These are trees and get to be very large, but they are very forgiving of pruning. There are specimens planted in the ground in Hawaii and South Florida and other places with mild winters which are easily 30 feet tall and wide.
Wow! That sounds like heaven, with the devine scent they have. Our divine scent is from our magnolias that are now in full bloom (citrusy smell). I would love to go to South Florida and visit some of those neighborhoods. Yum!
Pins, Magnolias are blooming here now too, and they are really wonderful. I used to have a link which showed some huge trees in Australia, but I can't find them at the moment. I will keep looking and post it when I find it.
WOW..what beautiful pictures. I, also, had no idea they got that large. How big will they get if kept in pots ..or will one have to keep repotting them?
Earthling, these are trees so they do get to be large in time and need repotting to larger containers. You can keep them in containers for a long time, especially if they are 25- or 30-gallon containers when they are big trees. The nice thing is that you can prune to keep the canopy low, and you can always start again with cuttings. Growing them in containers will keep them smaller than they would be otherwise if they were planted in the ground. Some varieties are bigger growers than others. For example, all the Moragne's tend to be large. I try to purchase cultivars which are not big growers. Some nurseries, like Florida Colors, will tell you whether they are small, medium, or large trees. The Dwarf varieties are a safe bet if you are looking for smaller varieties as they will grow slowly and not get much bigger than five or six feet tall.
This picture was just posted by Kevin. It was taken at the Ranger's Station at Fort DeSoto in Florida:
Here's his second picture:
Those are nice specimens that Kevin photographed. I saw some nice Plumerias yesterday in a part of town that I had not visited before. I'll go back with my camera, if I can find my way back. LOL
Beautiful!
The trees from June 12 were actually taken in Australia. This tree is in Australia also and belongs to Chris of Frangipani Heaven:
What a glorious tree! The trunk is massive and the branching is splendid! The poor beaucarnea recurvata pales in comparison to the magnificence of the tree. I have never seen one this size before.
These sure are spectacular plants.....
Here is a good link with more grown trees: http://www.exoticplumeria.com/largetrees.htm