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This traveled as a potted plant on our cross-country drive from Boston to Phoenix. Since this was transplanted into the ground (in a custom cut-out on our back patio), it has grown to 5 feet high by 6 feet wide and is covered in fragrant bloom clusters every summer.
Big beautiful booms with a gardenia-like scent.
I bought this at the 15th Annual Hawaiian Plumeria Festival Presented by the Southern California Plumeria Society in August 2014. It had been on my wish list for quite a while and it didn't disappoint - I love the colors, large flowers, and sweet grape scent.
Plumeria rubra 'J.L.Pink Pansy'