This one just opened today. Its name at the moment is 34-1 because it is the first to bloom at 34 months old.
New Seedling
Beautiful Clare! You're just killing me with all your photos though!! I get more envious with each picture!
Thanks for sharing your photos with us.
Thanks, Louise! It's my pleasure. Here's another killer:-) It's Ruby Gold from Oz that just opened.
i've come to the conclusion that clare is a plumie nut. haha!
beautiful plumies clare. you waited 34 mos! that's true dedication.
dete
Keep killing me Clare! I do enjoy your photos, it just makes me more motivated! Someday!
Great seedling flower, well worth the wait!
I like the one from oz too.
Pretty !
Clare, wait 'til next year--Ruby Gold is much darker with the heat of summer and it will bloom almost continuously. Mine has bloomed at least 5 times. It has even bloomed on the tips that were produced from the pervious bloom cylce--in the same year!
Your seedling is gorgeous, Clare!
Here's a pic of my Ruby Gold blooming earlier this year.
wow stunning where did you get her !
Thanks, Dete! I think your conclusion of me is right on, but it takes one to know one! Ha! LOL!
Thanks, Louise! I think that, the first year of growing them, I had three. The second year, I had 17. The third year, I had over a hundred, and now, well, you get the picture. They accumulate very quickly when you are on a mission to acquire more!
Brad, your Ruby Gold is gorgeous. I have a feeling that it might just keep blooming through the winter for me. I have it against the house where it is very warm, and I might put it in a temporary greenhouse that I just bought if there is room. We're having a heat wave right now so it is an extended summer here. I hope it lasts. My Sang dao bloomed like your Ruby Gold. It sprouted inflo's on the new branches while the old inflo was still blooming. SD is blooming now too.
Thanks, Dave and Violet Treasure! VT, I bought my Ruby Gold from Brad's Buds and Blooms. Here's a link: http://bradsbudsandblooms.com/index.php?cPath=30&osCsid=8f442a6c90be629bc63650ee40365815 He doesn't have any on his web site right now, but there are other Oz Beauties there.
brad - thanks a lot! now i have to get ruby gold. sheesh! LOL btw, your ruby gold is outstanding.
dete
The parentage of this seedling is unknown, but I am wondering if it might have J.L. Pink Pansy as one of its parents. I guess it is impossible to say.
Nice Clare..
That seedling looks like a JL breed...
Speaking of blooming most of my locals have been blooming since Feb and the only non local that has been blooming since feb also is the scott pratt for anyone looking for a great bloomer..
Thanks, Robert! That is good to know about Scott Pratt. I think I have one, but it hasn't bloomed for me yet. It was a cutting that I got last year, and it has those famous dark purple baby leaves.
Here is my new seedling again today. A new one should open today as well, and I'll post that one when it does.
Clare, were your ears ringing on Saturday??!!? I was talking about you. I was at a Dave's potluck and we were talking about plumerias and I was saying alot of good things about you and your plumeria! Keep posting those photos, you're motivating me more and more and now I could kick myself for not buying some plumeria at our county fair this past month. :-(
Awe, thanks, Louise. That is really sweet of you to compliment me like that. Don't kick yourself. There will be many more opportunities. Just for fun, go check out your local Home Depot or Green Thumb/Green Arrow because you may find some there for about $15 per one-gallon container. If not, Florida Colors does mail order, and they have the best prices around. You can get named varieties which are grafted for under $20 in some cases. I highly recommend them;-)
Oh Clare, let me tell you how many times a day I look at Florida Colors!!!! There are some there that I will eventually get! I did end up coming home with 2 plumeria cuttings from the potluck. How hard is it to ID plumeria? Just wondering that when they bloom, could you or someone tell me the name just by a photo? I'd love to know what I have.
Hi Louise, you probably have some lovely unnamed hybrids if they weren't labeled when you received the cuttings. Named hybrids are usually quite a bit more expensive than unnamed ones because they have to be registered with the PSA, which takes time and money, and/or because they are considered to be more exclusive and more unique than unnamed ones. There are very few plumerias which can be easily recognized as a named cultivar from a photo. One has to compare things like leaf shape, tip, and color; growth habit; flower color, fragrance, and size; petal shape, etc. I wrote a whole section on identifying cultivars from a picture in the Sticky Thread if you are interested. I have many unnamed hybrids that I love just as much as my named ones -- sometimes more. As an example, just for giggles, I made this one as a joke -- no offense to the seller who is a dear friend of mine.
That picture had the copyright over the words on top. Here it is again without the copyright.
