tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209233.post7312334817500596249..comments2023-09-30T11:58:07.453-04:00Comments on The Frugal Duchess: Recovering My Frugal Groove: I Found The Name of The Ugly Tree: Dead Man's FingerFrugal Duchesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00505138013388396364noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209233.post-54590795312379943932009-03-25T11:49:00.000-04:002009-03-25T11:49:00.000-04:00Those flowers look an awful lot like the plumeria ...Those flowers look an awful lot like the plumeria trees I saw in Hawai'i a couple of weeks ago.LaTejanaFriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954089188836944257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209233.post-24366856701409378172009-03-25T07:20:00.000-04:002009-03-25T07:20:00.000-04:00If that is a picture of the flowers, it is a plume...If that is a picture of the flowers, it is a plumeria or frangipani. It is used in Hawaii to make leis and does very well in South Florida. It does drop leaves in the winter.Fred Beiderbeckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241767697362747284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17209233.post-62243431003569857632009-03-25T02:57:00.000-04:002009-03-25T02:57:00.000-04:00Oh! I didn't realise you were talking about Plumer...Oh! I didn't realise you were talking about Plumeria. I know it as 'frangipani'. There was a massive tree in my grandmother's backyard (it's still there as far as I know, though my grandmother's gone...) in a large town in New South Wales, Australia, and my sister and I used to make beautiful necklaces from the flowers. Frangipanis have a beautiful delicate fragrance and that 'ugly' bare tree is a powerful symbol to me of warm weather approaching. Thank you for all your good advice from a new(ish) reader!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com