Our plumeria puts out mostly yellow flowers with just this tinge of pink. The pink is much more noticeable on the back though.This is after a day of falling off of the plant. It's still holding its shape. Probably why they are so useful in making leis. Abundance is nice since they grow all over Hawaii but if they wilted in an hour they would pretty much be useless for crafts.
This got me to wondering if you could use them elsewhere. I quickly found a unanimous "Don't Eat Them." Ok, I won't.
They are used in fragrances though to varying degrees. Some claim to be just like the scent but reviews range all over the place. About what you'd expect for any product.
This was one of my grandmother's favorite scents though and she had a candle that did smell just like plumerias, although she liked to use the word frangipani which made finding out exactly what it was, once I grew up and didn't remember clearly what she called it, difficult to say the least. So nice I can go outside right now and smell it straight from the plant.
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