Plumeria, also known as frangipani, is a deciduous, semi-succulent tropical plant renowned for its fragrant and colorful flowers. Its distinctive scent can be sweet, spicy, floral, or fruity. Plumeria ...

A friend this week posted on Facebook a few pictures of the last bloom on her small plumeria tree. The yellow-and-white petals of the sole flower stood in stark contrast to the rich, large green ...

A: Plumeria, sometimes called frangipani or temple tree, is a tropical plant that would be severely damaged and most likely killed by the subfreezing temperatures that can occur in a Chicago-area ...

You can count the number of plumeria cultivars on two hands … 10 times. With so much variety, you have many choices, depending on your taste and local availability. Since plumeria plants are so ...

If it feels as though we are running behind this year, here’s at least one data point that confirms that feeling: The average date of the first fall freeze in Pitt County is between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9.

When an ornamental horticulture professor at Cuyamaca College asked him to draft a design for a plant nursery, Carl Herzog looked at the bare, decomposed granite hillside beside his Lakeside house and ...

Local nurseries are filled with tropical plants for gardeners to place on their patio each summer, but many of these plants are difficult to keep alive inside the house during the wintertime.

MANILA, Philippines - Plumeria, Frangifani or “Kalachuchi” is one of the more popular small trees used in landscaping. The plant is a very strong grower that thrives in neglect, so much so that it is ...

Plant lovers can shop for staghorn ferns, epiphyllums, hibiscus, succulents and, of course, plumerias at this year’s Plumeria Festival at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The event ...

Larry asks: The leaves on my plumeria trees do not look healthy. Some are turning yellow, others have brown spots and many are falling off the tree. I also see orange spots on the underside of the ...

Otto von Bismarck, the powerful diplomatic deal-maker of 19th century Europe, is famously quoted as saying that politics is “the art of the possible.” Horticulture, by contrast, could be defined as ...

When David Konishi lost his plumerias in the Orange County freeze of 2007, complete strangers mailed him cuttings from their own trees so he could rebuild his collection. Humbled, Konishi vowed that ...