The Plumeria Varieties and Cultivar Guide is your ultimate resource for exploring the fascinating diversity within the world of plumeria. Featuring an extensive selection of cultivars, this guide details each variety’s distinctive flower colors, alluring fragrances, growth habits, and botanical origins. Whether you seek vibrant reds, soft pastels, or exotic multicolor blossoms, this comprehensive catalog makes it easier than ever to identify, compare, and choose the perfect plumeria cultivars for your garden, collection, or nursery.
Sheer Beauty aka Thai Dane Plumeria
Sheer Beauty AKA 4437, Thai Dane, New Hybrid, Golden Unicorn, P6., being fraudulently resold as a seedling. 3” to 3.5”, often consisting of 6 petals. White with large lemon-yellow area and pink. Petals overlapping, asymmetrical, white and yellow with pink area along margin. Backside: cream-yellow with red band Substance: medium to heavy Fragrance: strong, coco-lemon. Leaves: light to medium green, long elliptical with pointed tip. Pure deep yellow outlined by a thick deep red margin. Thick petals. Long bloom season. Cold tolerant. White with yellow and pink 3″-3.5″. Overlapping petals white and yellow with pink areas along margin, backside creamy yellow with red bands. Light to medium green elliptical leaves with long pointed tips. Very strong citrus fragrance. Changeable. Needs strong sunshine to turn on the red which also leads to the petal curl for pointed tips. Can look pale yellow with little or no red if in partial sun and/or the limited solar irradiation. Not cold tolerant. Branches splay out but keep a decent height. Growth habit is balanced as it splits three times after blooming. Not a tall grower but wide with an open look.