16 October 2007

Plumeria alba - the Frangipani

This is an add-on to last night's post to get a closer view of the Frangipani (Plumeria alba) that featured in the third photograph.
It is a small tree and can be found in many South African gardens. This is not surprising as they readily grow from cuttings and the flowers make a beautiful show of colour during the summer months.

It is indigenous to the West Indies.



I like to think of them as friendly flowers. These were photographed last season at St Phillips Church.

12 comments:

Unknown said...

They are beautiful!! I wish we could grow them here - we get too much frost.

Oswegan said...

The flowers are amazing - they almost look surreal.

Do they have a scent?

~Oswegan

Max-e said...

Jenty it may be worth trying to find a sheltered part of your garden to grow one.

Max-e said...

Hi Oswegan
The flower do have that quality. As for the smell... the best way I can describe it is sweet.

Lynda Lehmann said...

Living in the Northeast USA, I've never seen these. They are glowing little beauties!

myonlyphoto said...

wow, so perfect. anna :)

karoline in the morning said...

oh wow! what beautiful blooms..they give me the feeling of a waxy sort of petal..am i correct? i wanna smell them!!

k:))

Max-e said...

Hi Lynda, these are definitely plants. Most of the year the tree is unimpressive, but when it flowers .... wow. Thanks for stopping by

Max-e said...

Yes they are Anna. They somehow dont look real

Max-e said...

Hi Karoline, they kind of waxy look about them. They are so perfect they do not look real. They also have a lovely sweet scent.

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

they are beautiful..almost like they have been painted and put amidst the leaves........thank you for visiting my blog...i just now fell in love with yours...:)

Max-e said...

Hi Moi,
These are amazing flowers - we tend to overlook them, because they are so common. Thanks for the visit.