Congrats on the box full! Yea! How fun!

Hope you get lots of nice colors!

Brighty

You too Kevin? Mine are doing great in the greenhouse. Every single one is showing the "claws".

Kasie

37 plants as a start- Call Dr. Phil. Rehab is needed. Say "hi, my name is _______ and I am already a plumieaholic." Promise not to keep track of the money you will spend on your habit as it will become staggering. Try not to look at pictures of the 2,000 varieties that you do not yet have but that you need. Try to ignore that these are trees and you will eventually need a baseball stadium sized piece of land when they mature. Realize that you are doomed like the rest of us. Welcome to this insanity. Bill

Hi,..
to all of this AMEN. We have taught you well.
HA.
Karen B.

And then there all the different types of smells they produce. Coconuty, spicey, lemony, goodness knows that list goes on an on and I need them all and I want them all, every single color, shape, smell, size.... And yes, my name is Lauri and I too am a Plumeriaholic!

...and after you've become successful rooting these sticks, you want to try growing from seeds and have something special...all your seeds sprouted...how cute...must move these growing seeds to gallon pots...oh no, it's getting bigger...oh no, no room...oh no, what am I doing...oh no, I'm NUTS!! Oh yes, love it, love it. You're doomed Kevin :)

Kasie

Ahhh yes, the books, the pictures, the 2000 varieties, the cuttings, the seeds, the SMELLS! Yes, thank you all for all of your HELP!! LOL! I really forgot how captivating and heavenly the scents are.

I had a couple of cuttings given to me several years ago in Waikiki by a nice lady that made fresh leis at a little booth in the International Market. Over the course of a few days there my wife and I visited her booth several times just enamored with her flowers and watching her make her leis. We bought some of her leis and she was kind enough to give us some cuttings. I got one of them rooted and even bloomed at one point but I eventually lost it somehow. I cringe to think about how beautiful it could be now if I had taken care of it correctly. It has been a few years now and the scents of the HD/Lowes yellows that are blooming really have refreshed my whole memory of that trip and my fondness for these beauties! I am hoping to plan a vacation to Hawaii next summer to take my kids (11 and 13) who have never been.

Bill, when and IF I manage to get them to maturity, I will consider the problem of what to do with them a blessing! I do have a nice sized half acre lot, so I am already scheming about where I will be digging out sod to create fertile beds for my Plumeria "groves"!

Blessing??? Bah humbug. Do they make small backyard forklifts to move these giants around? I have to move two big pots today and my back already hurts. And then there is root pruning-how do you lift a 40 branch 7' plant out of a pot to prune the roots. Anyone got a crane I can borrow? It all starts so innocently and the lure of beautiful looking and smelling flowers leads you down the road until you wake up in a tree farm. Ok. I love it. but it will kill me. Bill

you all have the best problems in the world. one thing you did not mention is the cost of all the ST, etc. I think I have every combination of fertilizer-- everytime, some one mentions one I have to have it too. now I am trying everything but i don't know what works.
sue

A blessing indeed! Haha! I will however, also reserve the right to complain (a male's prerogative) when the time comes. Hey Bill, I'll be glad to come help you move those big heavy trees any time if you let me have any branches that "accidently" get broken off in the process!

Kevin

Can anyone tell me which variety smells like Coconut? Mmmm. Already thinking of my next purchase!

Here is a list of scents I found in a previous post that has been helpful to me.

Kevin

This is a list compiled by a lady named Clare Corrie. She states itÂs subjective, based on her experience and that of other growers.

Lemon/Citrus/Fruity Scent:
Apricot Delight - lemon
Aztec Gold - peach
Bill Moragne - grape koolaid
Celadine - citrus, classic plumeria
Cool Aid - grape koolaid
Duke - fruit punch
Dwarf Deciduous - lemon, strong citrus
Intense Rainbow - mild peach
Keane - lemon
Kimo - lime
Lemon Chiffon - strong lemon
Lemon Drop - lemon scent
Nebel's Rainbow - faint peach
Penang Peach - peach
Pink Kiss - Apricots, Sweet Olive
Pink Pansy - grape koolaid
Singapore - lemon, bitter lemon
Texas Aggie - grape
Thornton Lemon Drop - lemon scent
Wave Rage - strong, sweet, and fruity

Classic Plumeria Scent:
Celadine
Emerson's Pink Nova - very mild
Pacific Pearl
Singapore
Slaughter Pink

Gardenia Scent:
Charlotte Ebert
Dieudonne - mild
Gardenia
King Kalakaua - mild
Tahitian Sunset - mild
Tomlinson Pink - Gardenia/Magnolia
Treasure Isle - mild

Floral Scent:
Aloha
Bali Hai Gold - wisteria
Dean Conklin - carnation
Gold Coast Peachy
Just Peachy
Magnum Opus
Marion B.
Nassau
Nellie's White - strong honey scent
Ruby Gold
San Germain - honeysuckle
Tahitian Sunset
Teresa Wilder
Venezuelan Snowball - strong honeysuckle
Blush Pink - strong
Rose Scent:
Brittney
Charlotte Ebert
Guillot's Sunset
Jeannie Moragne
Miami Rose
Pink Parfait
Rose Red
Vanda Ruffles
Vera Cruz Rose, stronger than Guillot's Sunset

Coconut Scent:
Barry's Orange Pink
Charlotte Ebert
Hurricane
Kauka Wilder
Key West Pink
Nellie's White - jasmine to coconut
Scott Pratt - spicy coconut

Spicy Scent:
Angus Selection #3
Bail Hai Gold
Cancun Dreams - mild
Cancun Pink - cinnamon
Carmen
Grove Farm - nutmeg
India - nutmeg
Kauka Wilder
Kimo - fresh ginger
Negril - cloves
Pink Widow
Scott Pratt - spicy coconut
Sundance - strong sweet cinnamon Dentyne Gum

Strong Unique Scent:
Bali Hai Gold
Bali Whirl
Gold Coast Peachy
Grove Farm
Lemon Chiffon - strong lemon
Mele Pa Bowman
Pink Widow
Ruby Gold
San Germain - honeysuckle
Venezuelan Snowball - strong honeysuckle
Wave Rage
White

No scent or very little scent:
Fiesta Rainbow
Pudica
Puu Kahea
Spidery Yellow

Most desirable plumerias for fragrance:
Angus Selection #3
Aztec Gold
Bali Hai Gold
Bali Whirl
Celadine
Charlotte Ebert
Daisy Wilcox
Espinda
Gold Coast Peachy
Grove Farm
Key West Pink
Loretta
Mele Pa Bowman
Miami Rose
Nassau
Pacific Pearl
Pink Pansy
Samoan Fluff
Singapore (evergreen)

Wow! That is extremely helpful. I will print that out for future reference. Thanks so much!

Brighty

Tdogdad said earlier:

Blessing??? Bah humbug. Do they make small backyard forklifts to move these giants around? I have to move two big pots today and my back already hurts. And then there is root pruning-how do you lift a 40 branch 7' plant out of a pot to prune the roots. Anyone got a crane I can borrow? It all starts so innocently and the lure of beautiful looking and smelling flowers leads you down the road until you wake up in a tree farm. Ok. I love it. but it will kill me. Bill

Bill can I offer a suggestion on at least the lifting part. Find a local welder. Get 3 lengths of 1.5" pipe and a few couplings have him weld you up a tripod that will stand about 10-12' tall. Cut the bottoms of the pipes so they will sit flat and then weld on a piece of flat stock so you have feet. The top couplings will be welded to make the angles for the legs. Drop a 1/2" eyebolt thru the center of the couplings and have him weld that in there too. Next go to Harbor Freight (they are on the web) and buy a 1/2 ton chainfall and a cloth choker about 4' or so long. Ya see where I am going with this?? Put the choker on the main trunk, (may need one or 2 more chokers to help balance the lift by attaching to some of the branching) Crank the puppy up out of the pot, do what you have to do and then lower it back in. The beauty of this is that it breaks down for storage into the 3 legs, and the spider at the top which can stay attached to one of the legs. Or if you have the floorspace for storage just get an engine hoist (real pain in the butt).

Just thought I would throw this out for consideration.

Roger
South of Chicago