here are some blooms from tucson. i think that these are good varieties for our desert heat!
this is a noid white that i saved from a nursery in phoenix. i didn't have leaves on this one until june and it looks to be a slow grower. the flowers have a light fragrance. kathy affectionately calls it twiggy because the stems are slightly wider than a no. 2 pencil.
here's a full view of twiggy. he's slooow!
this is kitty's plumeria. esther mentioned that she will register it shortly. we should see a name change in the near future. the bloom size on this one is amazing given the heat that we've had. i had another that bloomed in summer, too. my only concern is that this one is very, very leggy - branches over 30" before blooms!
here's a close-up of kitty.
finally, here's samoan fluff. this one has been blooming like a champ in our heat even while it was rooting. the branches were so shriveled that i was just about to cut off the inflo. i can smell the flowers from a distance. get one of these if you're in arizona!
Gorgeous!
Beautiful pics, Dete! I especially love 'Kirsten K,' aka 'Kitty.' The color really does come out with the heat you have.
This message was edited Jul 20, 2007 9:02 AM
thanks louise and clare.
i was told that the last one is not samoan fluff. bummer! oh well, it's still a keeper in my book. i'll definitely propagate it because it does well here.
dete
Oh yes, a keeper! I've got a couple blooming that I'll post later here if you don't mind dete. They aren't as spectacular as yours, but they're blooming and that makes me jump for joy!
Tucson there awesome any one would be very proud of those !
Great pictures, to bad that rainbow grows so rapidly, it has awesome flowers.
