EUMUNDI FRANGIPANI TREES

Frangipanis

Embrace the timeless appeal of frangipani trees. With their colourful, fragrant flowers and distinct growing style, they bring charm to any space. Whether you’re looking for a small frangipani plant for a pot, a feature frangipani tree for a yard or garden, or a memorable gift, Efrangipanis have plenty of options. Explore our online frangipani tree shop to discover our wide range of varieties, plant sizes and competitive prices.

Website Navigation

Go to the sitemap to see a list of page titles for all the pages on this website.

Scroll down to find the search box on the lower left side of any page. Enter a keyword to get a list of webpages and products that match your search.

In the main menu, you’ll find links to our most important information such as our delivery areas, our delivery costs, our frangipani prices, our online shop, information about us, and about visiting our Eumundi nursery. Over the years, Efrangipanis has added more and more webpages to this frangipani tree website, removed some and changed many. The sitemap page has a long list of pages.

For easy shop navigation, scroll down to see a list of all active shop categories. We are pretty good at keeping our online shop updated. We regularly make small changes to stock quantities and tree availability. We add new trees in batches 2 or 3 times a year and we update our small plant quantities after doing a stock take, once or twice a year.

You can find links to other websites by Efrangipanis on our Frangipani Hub page.

Delivery

While Efrangipanis has sent frangipanis to distant locations including Sydney and Melbourne in the past, we are currently focused on pickup orders and deliveries within South East Queensland. This change ensures our customers get great value for money. We are proud to say in 2025, Efrangipanis has managed to keep our prices almost the same as when we started in 2007 but unfortunately, transport costs have tripled in that time. See our delivery areas page for more details.

Common Frangipani Species

Many Australians would be surprised to hear that there is more than one type of frangipani. This is more the case for people living in Melbourne and possibly Sydney where one frangipani species, the hardiest variety, grows much more abundantly than the other species. The hardiest variety of frangipani is known as the rubra (pronounced roo-bra). As you go north and the climate becomes warmer, the choice to grow other frangipani species becomes easier. In Northern Australia, especially near the coast where climates are warmer and winter nights are less harsh, numerous frangipani species can be found. There are several species of so-called Evergreen frangipanis, and generally speaking they require more tropical climates.

Evergreen Frangipanis

The expression “the evergreen frangipani” is a little confusing. Let me explain.

Many people in Queensland have heard of “the evergreen frangipani”. Almost all people, especially 20 years ago, who used the term “evergreen frangipani” were talking about the Plumeria obtusa (P. obtusa) with large white flowers with a yellow centre. We call this white obtusa, the “Singapore frangipani”. Even though other evergreen frangipanis existed, they were rare, so the Singapore was “the” quintessential evergreen frangipani.

Over the last decade or two, Efrangipanis started selling a few new species of frangipanis which also hold their leaves relatively well during winter. The petite pink, which is the other obtusa, became popular thanks to its dwarf bonsai-like shape. The Cuba is popular thanks to its low wide bushy shape. The white pudica became popular thanks to its bushy foliage and abundance of flowers. The pink pudica has the most potential to increase in popularity. It is fast growing, bushy, easy to prune and has beautifully scented flowers.

As these evergreen frangipanis grow in popularity, it’s become common for people to hear about one of them and assume it to be “the” evergreen frangipani. It seems we can longer assume which frangipani a person is talking about when they say, “the evergreen frangipani”.

The other confusing thing about “evergreen” is that “evergreen” means “it keeps its leaves during winter in tropical climates” and does not refer to areas outside the tropics. Having said that, even frangipanis outside of the tropical do keep healthy lush foliage longer into the winter when they are in positions that stay warm like a tropical climate. Read more about “evergreen frangipani species“.

The terms “plumeria” and “frangipani” are synonymous. In many countries, including the USA, people use the word “plumeria”. In Australia, many people use the colloquial term “frangipani” and do not know the word “plumeria”.

Professionals and horticulturalists in Australia usually prefer to use the botanical name “Plumeria” when discussing frangipani species. For example, they say “Plumeria obtusa” not “frangipani obtusa”.  When writing, it is often abbreviated to P. obtusa.

In some non-English speaking countries, they use a word similar to English, for example “frangipanier” in France and “puruumeria” in Japan. In other non-English speaking countries, especially tropical countries, they use neither of the English words and use their own word, for example “champa” in Cambodia and Laos.

Frangipanis have evolved in hot dry climates so that’s where they’re best suited. They have an amazing ability to get moisture from dry soil and retain it. In Australia, many areas can experience hot and very dry summers which can destroy gardens and lawns, however established frangipanis can survive and even thrive in these tough conditions.

Hardiness and Cold Climates

Frangipanis are easily damaged in cold winter nights and frosty mornings. This damage usually happens on the branch tips. The tips die and rot. While the tips most often heal over, the rot can sometimes spread and kill the whole branch. With a smaller or weaker frangipani plant, the rot can spread more, killing all the branches and in some cases cause the whole plant to die. On a more positive note, if you’re interested in a frangipani with a beautifully coloured and scented flower, and you don’t want to worry about damage from the cold, you’re in luck. Fortunately, the hardiest frangipani species, the rubra, is also the species which has the most, and accounts for almost all of the colourful flowers.

Frangipani Information