Dark Pink 11 Frangipani Tree - Beautiful Temple Tree for Your Garden

Description

Common name:

Frangipani, Temple Tree, Flor De Mayo, Plumeria Dark Pink 11

Regional name:

Marathi - Khairchapha, Hindi - Chameli, Gul-e-chin, Bengali - Dalama Phula, Kannada - Kadusampage, Gujarati - Aholo Champo, Tamil - Perungali, Telugu - Arbataganneru

Category:

Trees, Shrubs

Family:

Apocynaceae or Plumeria or Oleander family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate less, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Flowers

Flowering season:

Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year

Flower or Inflorescence color:

Dark Pink

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

6 to 8 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

6 to 8 meters

Plant Form:

Spreading, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Fragrant flowers or leaves
• Auspicious or Feng Shui plant
• Plant for puja or prayer flower or leaves
• Good for screening
• Attracts birds
• Attracts butterflies
• Attracts bees
• Animals will not eat
• Recommended for creating shade
• Quick growing trees
• Suitable for road median planting
• Salt or salinity tolerant
• Good on seaside
• Must have for Farm house or big gardens

Plant Description:

- Flowers are medium sized. The coloration is a beautiful blend of pink and orange. The pink and orange merge beautifully.
- Tree is compact and well branched.
- As with hibiscus - there is a lot of confusion regarding the names of plumerias. Especially the various hybrids that are available. Each source gives them their own names. These names vary from region to region and country to country. We have given them numbers as per color for ease of classification.
- Plumerias are beautiful flowering trees from South America.
- They have adapted very well to our climate and are now very much our own now. In fact they are so common that most people do not even know that they have come from a far away land.
- Plants have thick fleshy stems with broad simple leaves.
- The stems and trunk get a twisted and garnled look when old.
- The flowers are borne in huge terminal trusses. They are generally above the foliage.

Growing tips:

- Plumerias are popular and free flowering trees in tropical gardens.
- Many large clusters of flowers appear in the summer months on nearly leafless trees.
- It grows in all types of soil but flowers better in poor and porous soil.
-- Plumerias grow well in absolutely all kinds of soils.
- They can be grown in pots as well as the ground.
- Plumerias can go without water for long periods of time.
- However regular irrigation in the hot summer growing months will make them bloom better and have a fresher looking crown.
- Can be cut back if they are getting too big.
- Plants grow and flower well in containers as well. Choose large sizes for optimum growth.
- Do not over fertilize as plants will only put out leaves and soft growth. A bit of starvation - makes them flower more.