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.
Royal Hawaiian aka Plastic Pink Plumeria
Royal Hawaiian aka Plastic Pink (close), not Hawaiian Royal Color. Intense hot pink with great keeping quality. Deep pink, small bright yellow center, strong red band on back, wide oval petals, rounded tips, moderate overlapping, light texture, 3”, mild lemon fragrance, keeping quality very good. Excellent brancher. Brilliant reddish-pink. 3.5” reddish-orange center, with round petals, moderately overlapping. Flowers profusely, good texture, great keeping quality. Sweet scent, excellent for lei making. Look at your leaves, if they are dark green, you have Lei Rainbow and if the leaves have a red border, you have Nebel’s Rainbow. Lei Rainbow has a stronger scent than Nebel’s. Nebel’s has better keeping quality and is a larger flower. Note the pointy petals and how it is different than Nebels. Nubby bark texture.
- PSA Registration:
- Color: Pink
- Flower Size: 3 1/2″ Flower
- Blooming: Great Bloomer
- Growth: Medium Grower
- Scent: Citrus Lemon
- AKAs: aka Plastic Pink (close), not Hawaiian Royal Color.
- Notes: Nubby bark texture