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The first flowering of my frangipani

@JudyEv (347847)

Rockingham, Australia

December 16, 2024 8:53pm CST

We have friends who introduced us to the village and were really responsible for us moving here. They now live nine houses away from us. We have been friends for over 30 years. When we lived several hours’ drive away, we would stay with them if we had to come to Perth. Now we joke that we’re never asked to sleep over any more. The wife gave me a frangipani plant when we moved here and this year it’s had flowers for the first time. She planted a frangipani at her previous home when her first grandchild was born 23 years ago. My plant is from a cutting from that one.

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@rakski (134176)

• Philippines

17 Dec

pretty flowers

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@rakski (134176)

• Philippines

17 Dec

@JudyEv oh nice! I'm sure it is as pretty as this

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

This is a pink one but there are yellow ones too.

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@pitstop (14773)

• Australia

17 Dec

I love frangipani. They are so good to look at and smell good too.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

They seem to grow very easily here.

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@jobelbojel (36491)

• Philippines

17 Dec

We call this Kalachuchi in my country. I like this variety and the white too.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

Yes, we have the white ones here too. They're very popular.

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@amnabas (14889)

• Karachi, Pakistan

17 Dec

Thats refreshing..soothing to eyes thanks for sharing.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

They are an attractive flower. There are lots of these shrubs/trees flowering at the moment.

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@xFiacre (13262)

• Ireland

17 Dec

Oh @judyev you’ve just catapulted me back to my childhood talking about frangipani. I can see it and smell it even though I left Africa 53 years ago today. I always get moody on this hard anniversary.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

It always intrigues me how most of us hanker for our childhood home. And what a coincidence that I wrote about the frangipani today on the anniversary of you leaving Africa.

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@Deepizzaguy (107463)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

17 Dec

I like the frangipani flower on this post you shared here.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

They are a very pretty flower.

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@Deepizzaguy (107463)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

17 Dec

@JudyEv I am in agreement with you.

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@much2say (57334)

• Los Angeles, California

18 Dec

How pretty - it looks tropical! I love those "legacy" cuttings . . . you have another generation there

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@much2say (57334)

• Los Angeles, California

19 Dec

@JudyEv Isn't that wonderful

? Your mother was Mother Nature of her town

!

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

My mother was a great gardener and she used to say that half the plants in her country town had come from her garden. She was always giving plants away to people.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Dec

@much2say She was very generous.

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@FourWalls (72147)

• United States

17 Dec

How nice! I had to look that flower up. That’s a wonderful gift to give someone.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

I think it might be more of a tropical plant. I don't think it likes frost in which case it wouldn't like snow.

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@LadyDuck (472507)

• Switzerland

17 Dec

I am glad you now live close to your friends. Those flowers are beautiful.

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@LadyDuck (472507)

• Switzerland

18 Dec

@JudyEv That will be a wonderful way to start the new year.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Dec

@LadyDuck We have had some wonderful times together over the last 30 years.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

These friends have kept a house near the coast and nine of us will be spending New Year there. I'm looking forward to that too.

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@RasmaSandra (82997)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

18 Dec

I cannot pronounce them but lovely flowers,

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

There are dozens of plant names that I can't pronounce either.

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Dr Souvik Chatterji

@sathviksouvik (20179)

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17 Dec

in India we call this champa flowers. I have a plant in my pot. There are leaves but there are no flowers

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

I think they like the hotter climates.

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Dr Souvik Chatterji

@sathviksouvik (20179)

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17 Dec

@JudyEv thanks Judy may be they like dry weather also

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@LindaOHio (184128)

• United States

17 Dec

Very pretty. Have a good day.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

Thanks. I hope your day is going well too.

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@LindaOHio (184128)

• United States

18 Dec

@JudyEv You're very welcome. Thank you very much.

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@freelancermariagrace (28886)

• Philippines

17 Dec

They look beautiful!

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Dec

My friend's plant hasn't flowered yet so she is a bit jealous.

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@freelancermariagrace (28886)

• Philippines

19 Dec

@JudyEv I hope your friend’s plant will flower or bloom soon!

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@MarieCoyle (41624)

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17 Dec

We know them as Plumeria here. They are very pretty.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

Okay. That must be their 'fancy' name.

Do you have one in your garden?

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@MarieCoyle (41624)

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19 Dec

@JudyEv I have before, but not here. I tried one, but it didn't do well, I think it prefers hotter weather than we have in my area.

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@ptrikha_2 (47510)

• India

17 Dec

Amazing Flowers and in full bloom! Do they need any particular care? More or less water and any other special needs?

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

They don't seem to need any special care. They grow very easily from cuttings.

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@allknowing (141960)

• India

17 Dec

My computer is slow today and I cannot see the picture. I had the red colour years ago

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

Perhaps it will appear later. It's a pretty flower and very popular here.

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@wolfgirl569 (112748)

• Marion, Ohio

17 Dec

That is pretty

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

There are more buds on another branch of it so I'll have more flowers soon.

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@TheHorse (224278)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Dec

Way cool! Here in CA we trade succulents sprigs.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

My friend has a lot of succulents. I have some and intend to try to get some pieces growing.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318846)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

17 Dec

It's beautiful! I'm glad you're close neighbors now.

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

We don't live in each other's pockets but we do see each other quite often.

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@Dreamerby (7082)

• Calcutta, India

17 Dec

Wow you have good neighbours!

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@JudyEv (347847)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Dec

Yes, we're very lucky.

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