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.
Elizabeth Thornton Plumeria
Elizabeth Thornton – #264
4″ Bright orange, pink, and red. Superior growth habit. Unusual strong grape fruity carnation fragrance. All time favorite. Elliptical slightly overlapped wide rounded petals. Upturned inner edges and a moderate orange center. Dark pink and whitish veins on the front and back of petals. Keeping quality is average with a slight tendency to fade. Medium to lanky grower. Branching is average, good keeping quality.
Seed parent: Jeannie Moragne. Pollen Parent: Dean Conklin.
Named by JL in honor of Elizabeth Thornton, founder of the PSA. Not Cold Tolerant. Late bloomer.
Medium growth habit. Sets seed pods..
- PSA Registration:
- Color: Rainbow
- Flower Size: 4″ Flower
- Blooming: Great Bloomer
- Growth: Medium Grower
- Scent: Carnation
- AKAs:
- Notes: Sets seed