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.
Mikey FCN Plumeria
Mikey: This compact grower is a good choice for gardeners who are looking for a tree with beautiful yellow flowers. Collectors who enjoy having a rare addition to their collection. Florida Colors Plumeria Nursery seedling first bloomed in 2009. Speaking of plumeria parents, Mikey’s pod parent is Jack’s Compact Yellow.
Gravity’s typical size when shipped:
- Rooted plants are 18-22 inches from the soil line
When You Get Your Plumeria
What you should know:
- We ship plumeria with the leaves cut off per requirements by the USDA
- Every plumeria is inspected for any signs of damage and insects
- We spray each plumeria with mineral oil as a precaution.
What you should Do First:
- Inspect the box and note or take photos if damaged
- Carefully Unpack, inspect your plumeria, if damaged in any way, take photos and notify Florida Colors Nursery immediately via email at info@floridacolors.com or phone 305-258-1086
- Soak the roots in water for 2-4 hours to hydrate your plumeria
- Pot in a 3 gal pot using well draining soil.
- Water your plumeria well for the next three days, then as needed. Plumeria do not like their roots to be wet.
- We grow all our plumeria in full sun. We suggest you place your new plumeria in full sun.
- To help you understand more about fertilizers…see https://www.floridacolorsplumeria.com/understanding-fertilizers/
- For more info on caring for your plumeria…see https://www.floridacolorsplumeria.com/how-to-care-for-your-plumeria/
Detailed Description
PLUMERIA NAME: Mikey
SKILL TO GROW:
- Beginner
FLOWERS:
- Flower Front Color (as appears 10 feet away, during the prime blooming season): Yellow with white highlights
- Flower Back Color:: Pink and yellow
- Flower Center Size: Medium
- Flower Center Color: Orange
- Throat Size: Medium
- Flower Throat Color: Orange
- Flower Size: 3″
- Keeping Quality – Texture (Lei): Average
- Flower Fade Rate (Lei): Average
- Flower Reaction to Sun and Heat: Fades from yellow to a lighter yellow.
- Fragrance: Floral fragrance
- Flower Fragrance Intensity: Medium
- Petal Type: petals highly overlapped
- Petal Color Details: yellow with pink banding
- Blooming: Great bloomer
- Blooming Period: All season
- Inflo Stalk Color: Brown
- Pubescence: Yes
- Bud Color: Pink
- Inflo shape: Medium
LEAF
- Leaf Color: Green
- Leaf Texture: Matte
- Leaf Vein Color: Green
- Leaf Border Color: Green
- Petiole Color: Light Brown
- Petiole Length:
- Leaf Shape:
- Leaf Length and Width:
TREE
- Tree Type: Deciduous
- Growth Habit: Compact, can grow over 12” per year under good growing conditions
- Vigor: Medium-growing
- Mature Bark Texture: Smooth
- Mature Bark Color: Grey
- Tree Shape: Wider than Tall
- Trunk or branch circumference: Thick
- Small New Growth Light Brown
- Tip Color: Light Brown
- Branching Density: Medium
- Branching After Bloom: Good
- Branching After Prune: Good
- Root system: Strong
- Seed Propagation:
- Stem Propagation: Roots well
HERITAGE AND LINEAGE
- Pod Parent – Seedling Of: Jack’s Compact Yellow
- Known Seedlings:
- Pollen Parent: Unknown
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Notes / History: this cultivars was created by Carol and Luc. First bloomed in 2009. It was named after Mike Atkinson.