Learn how to grow plumeria, a tropical tree and shrub beloved for its delicate, fragrant flowers. Many people know plumeria for its fragrant flowers, which are famously used in Hawaiian leis.

There are many flowering shrubs and trees either in bloom or just beginning to bloom right now around Southwest Florida.

In Southern California, the exotic flowering Plumeria behaves asa deciduous tree, meaning it loses all its leaves during the wintermonths. As it is a heat-loving plant, it will only bloom when ...

He also found the quality of trees sold had deteriorated, because growers were propagating from seed. "It's easy to start a plumeria from seed, but you never know what color the flower will be or ...

If you have spent any time in south Florida, Hawaii, or other tropical regions, you have most likely seen these gorgeous flowering trees. The plumeria flower is used to make the famous leis ...

Trees like the Jacaranda, Royal Poinciana and Plumeria are valued for their colorful and often fragrant flowers. Some on the other hand are notable due to their interesting bark. The Gumbo Limbo ...

Some trees have flowers that are borne in upright clusters, while others have pendulous inflorescences. The plumeria I had known as a child, Plumeria alba, was sweetly fragrant, especially in the ...

Soon, California poppies follow, and the fabulous fruit trees of spring ... County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. It's the plumeria, a flower that's associated with several spectacular spots ...

The Frangipani Plumeria is also getting ready to flower. This is another fragrant tree which fills the air with a nice, light scent. The flower is used to make the Hawaiian lei. They are a small ...