(Obtuse Frangipani, Singapore Graveyard Flower)

Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia is native to the Hispaniola, Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula. The branches and stems are thick and fleshy. They are upright forming a vase or umbrella-shaped tree and tend to be weak and break in high winds. The bark is tender and when cut or broken exudes, sticky, white sap which is an irritant. The semi-evergreen leaves are elliptical to lance-shaped, leathery, arranged spirally around the stems at the ends of the branches, smooth and the smallest of the...

(Bridal Bouquet, White Frangipani)

Bridal bouquet is a semi-evergreen small tree native to Columbia, Venezuela and Curaçao. The branches and stems are thin for a Plumeria, weak and tend to break in high winds. The multiple stems form close to the ground and have an upright shape. The bark is tender and when cut or broken exudes, sticky, white sap which is an irritant.

Leaves are large, fiddle or spoon-shaped, almost sessile – without a stalk and hold on the trunk for a full plant. The large flowers sometimes appear before...

(Frangipani, Jasmine Mango)

Frangipani is a deciduous tree native to Mexico and Central America.. The branches and stems are thick and fleshy, but weak and tend to break in high winds. The bark is tender and when cut or broken exudes, sticky, white sap which is an irritant. The leaves are large, leathery, arranged alternately on the stem at the ends of the branches and showy. The large flowers sometimes appear before the leaves, summer through autumn and are held in branched clusters at the stem tips. Individual flowers are...

(Sharp-leaved Frangipani)

Pagoda tree or the sharp-leaved frangipani is a deciduous tree native to Mexico and Central America. The branches and stems are thick and fleshy, but weak and tend to break in high winds. The bark is tender and when cut or broken exudes, sticky, white sap which is an irritant. The leaves are large, leathery, arranged alternately on the stem at the ends of the branches and showy. The large flowers sometimes appear before the leaves, summer through autumn and are held in branched clusters at the stem...

(West Indian Jasmine, Yellow Frangipani)

Yellow frangipani is a deciduous small tree native to the cliffs of Mexico and Central America. The branches and stems are thick and fleshy, but weak and tend to break in high winds. The bark is tender and when cut or broken exudes, sticky, white sap which is an irritant. The leaves are large, leathery, arranged alternately on the stem at the ends of the branches and showy. The large flowers sometimes appear before the leaves, summer through autumn and are held in branched clusters at the stem tips....

(Tri-colored Frangipani)

The festive tri-colored frangipani is a deciduous tree native to the seasonally wet-to-dry highlands of Mexico and Central America. The branches and stems are thick and fleshy, but weak and tend to break in high winds. The bark is tender and when cut or broken exudes, sticky, white sap which is an irritant. The leaves are large, leathery, arranged alternately on the stem at the ends of the branches and showy. The large flowers sometimes appear before the leaves, summer through autumn and are held...

(Falcate Yellowwood, Henkel's Yellowwood)

Shiny green foliage that looks like small sickles, Henkel's yellowwood adds a fine-texture to the landscape, either as a specimen, allee or hedgerow. Hailing from the moist highlands of eastern and southern Africa, this tall slow-growing evergreen tree has gray-brown to tan bark that is fissured, exfoliated with great age to reveal a reddish brown underlayer.

The shiny green to dark blue-green leaves are flat but narrow. Each blade has pointed ends, "rolled-under" edges, is often curved and droops...

(Zimbabwe Creeper)

The shiny, dark-green leaves of Zimbabwe creepr contrast with its pretty pink, tubular flowers, which in spring and summer. A tender, evergreen, perennial woody vine, it has no tendrils to clasp and clambers and flops to form a climbing mass or sprawling groundcover. It is native to eastern South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The glossy, green to dark-green leaves are fond in pairs on the stems. Each is made up of smaller, narrow leaflets and overall has a fine texture. In late spring and into summer,...

(Myrtle-leaf Milkwort)

In its native South Africa, this wispy, pretty-flowering shrub is called September bush, referring to the peak flowering season in the Southern Hemisphere's spring. A fast-growing, drought-tolerant evergreen, the myrtle-leaf milkwort attains a rather upright and open habit, usually with barren lower branches.

The physical characteristics of this shrub varies greatly across its native range. It may be more of a shrub, but it's possible some become much more like very small trees. Some plants have...

(Hybrid Sweet Pea Shrub, Low Pinebarren Milkwort)

Red-purple to rose-violet blossoms decorate the hybrid sweet pea shrub's branches most heavily in midsummer to the end of fall. This erect, rounded evergreen shrub is the result of crossing the myrtle-leaf milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia) with the sweet pea shrub (P. fruticosa). Both of these parent species are native to South Africa.

Medium to deep gray-green leaves occur both in an alternating and opposite pattern on branches. The leaf blades are elliptical, oval or lance-shaped....