Favorite Jim Little Varieties? Pics?

12 years ago

Sorry guys, after so many years of lurking I seem to be posting too much! I was hoping for one more favor....I'm placing an order with Jim Little this week and he doesn't really have a comprehensive list of his inventory. If you have a non-finicky JL variety that you love, can you post a pic? Metallica is already on my list. :-) I love seeing a thread full of pics, anyway...especially at this time of year! Mahalo nui loa! Sonja

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ranaye

11 years ago

I just purchased the following rooted "sticks" (as my husband likes to call them) JL Hawaiian Ruffles, JL Hawaiian Coral, JL Hula Girl, and JL Vera Cruz from onestopaloha on eBay. They came to me promptly, packaged extremely well, and were solid firm stocks. No mushy week cuttings. He has a lot of great plants on his website but I would like to know how to find more Jim Little directly. I heard a rumor that he was developing new mini plumerias and would be interested to see what he is doing. I did travel two hours to get to the plumeria society festival in San Diego in August and was a little disappointed. I traveled for two hours stood in line for another hour and a half, only to get into a crowded room that was highly picked over with very few of the Jim little plants that I had traveled down to seek. The venue is way to small for the crowd of people that attend. And like I said by the time you get into the room it is so picked over it is frustrating.

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No-Clue
12 years ago
Hi Sonja,

I have Metallica but she's very young so I don't expect to see flowers any time soon.

I also have JL Red/Orange but she's not blooming either.

But my favorite though, based on photos I have seen is the Hawaiian Fire. But at the time he was asking for an astronomical price for a cutting and since I killed cuttings I just couldn't justify spending that kind of money.

If I find one rooted I would love to get one someday. :)

BTW his website is down... how are you planning to order? I am curious to see if he is still offering Hawaiian Fire.

Have fun shopping!
Lynn
ladyver
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12 years ago
Hawaiian Fire is $300 rooted direct from Jim right now...in 2012 he was asking $360. Kara is no longer handling the online orders so there's a new girl I'm working with, I just got a list of what they have available that's rooted, but they will take a cutting and root it for me (which looks like that's the route I'll have to go with Metallica). I'm also eyeing Haleakala. You're right, their website is down so I'll be doing a lot of back and forth with them, and since I can't find pictures of the plants he's offering I'm trying to get info from people on the forum who probably know best which varieties he has. I was basically asked if there was anything I was particularly interest in, to let them know.
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No-Clue
12 years ago
Haleakala is divine! Wow I don't remember seeing that one!! Adding that to my list. Do you have the price of that one?

Wow Hawaiian Fire is still $300? Yikes! I would have to sell all my extras just to fund her. I don't remember who has her last year but I remember loving it! So many beautiful flowers so little money and space. Sigh...
moonie_57 (8 NC)
12 years ago
Somewhere within this forum, someone had posted a pic of their Haleakala. It was either Greg or Stuart. I do remember that it was a beauty!
jandey1
12 years ago
It was Greg who had Haleakala and loves it.

I have a lot of JL's plumies, but few have bloomed yet. My favorite so far is Edi. She's very hardy, with big wonderful-smelling blooms and huge perfect leaves. Not to mention the most beautiful of all the whites/creams:
surfviking
12 years ago
I have a JL Big Red. It is a very dark red, almost black with an unusual and incredible scent
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
12 years ago
Waimea is nice.
ermise2
11 years ago
Hello! I was trying to find Jim Little's store. I lived on Oahu and when I left many years ago I was on his mailing list that had his varieties and the price for each. Please tell me where you are buying his cuttings from. I see he has so many new varieties now. I can't believe some of the gorgeous photos that were posted to this website and I really miss Hawaii!
Kimo
11 years ago
U can buy some of his cuttings from 1stopaloha, but a lot of them are rooted. JL also sells via another Ebayer called Pacific creations I believe. If your in So Cal there are many sellers who sell JL plants rooted like Irene Jones, Island Plumeria aka Matt, and a few others like Danny Kashou. If you want JL cuttings you can also wait for your local Plumeria Society, if you have one, to have their annual cutting sale (usually u can find JL cuttings there.). Good Luck