THE FAMOUS JAPANESE LANTERN!

Here's another one that is rather different and certainly not available in any commercial nursery. I grew it from a seed of Sariah's Curly Pink, and it does blush a little in the heat, though it is basically lemon and white. Inflorescences are really big eye-catching clusters of pinwheel blooms, more reminiscent of the very earliest frangipanis found growing in the wild, by the botanists of a few centuries ago! It is a big fat (and fast!) grower that drips with pods, so is certainly very fertile. There's not much perfume, but planted in amongst others that do, I think some great and eye-catching displays could be created in your frangipani grove. Branches are mostly a metre+ and as my boxes are only just over a metre, if I have to cut some off the bottom to fit, I always include the extra piece for you to grow on - two for the price of one, really, and only $25 at the moment.

This cultivar was first identified in Cooktown in far north Queensland, and has a lovely story behind it. The Frangipani Society of Australia decided to submit it for World Registration, as Col's Cooktown Sunset, acknowledging its original owner, who so generously allowed pieces of his tree to be sent around the world. Rather annoyingly for society members, it has now been 're-birthed' a number of times, both here in Australia, and in various countries overseas. However, this is THE original plant, sent to me by Marilyn van den Bergh from Cooktown itself, some years ago. Super, fruity perfume, and delightful in every way. Only $25 a branch because I have plenty.