"meeee" writes:
Thanks for this! I've had trouble with the pinks and reds as well, so this
will be worth a try.

I used to regularly walk past a garden with a frangipani whose flowers
were such a dark purple as to be practially black. They were smallish and
not as attractive as the common frangi, but such a novelty. Unfortunately
the branches were out of reach from the street :-(
and I wasn't brave enough to knock and ask
whether I could please have a cutting.

Then one day I discovered that the tree had been cut back to just a stump!
It never regrew, so my opportunity to own a black frangipani slipped by!
There weren't even any prunings piled up anywhere that I could rifle.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

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"meeee" writes:
Thanks for this! I've had trouble with the pinks and reds as well, so this
will be worth a try.

I used to regularly walk past a garden with a frangipani whose flowers
were such a dark purple as to be practially black. They were smallish and
not as attractive as the common frangi, but such a novelty. Unfortunately
the branches were out of reach from the street :-(
and I wasn't brave enough to knock and ask
whether I could please have a cutting.

Then one day I discovered that the tree had been cut back to just a stump!
It never regrew, so my opportunity to own a black frangipani slipped by!
There weren't even any prunings piled up anywhere that I could rifle.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

ARGH!! Those HEATHENS!!! *Sigh* And they probably never knew what they had
either....

In article ,
"meeee" wrote:

Then one day I discovered that the tree had been cut back to just a stump!
It never regrew, so my opportunity to own a black frangipani slipped by!
There weren't even any prunings piled up anywhere that I could rifle.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

ARGH!! Those HEATHENS!!! *Sigh* And they probably never knew what they had
either....

Couple of hundred for a small plant, according to the Herald today!

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

"Chookie" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"meeee" wrote:

Then one day I discovered that the tree had been cut back to just a
stump!
It never regrew, so my opportunity to own a black frangipani slipped
by!
There weren't even any prunings piled up anywhere that I could rifle.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

ARGH!! Those HEATHENS!!! *Sigh* And they probably never knew what they
had
either....

Couple of hundred for a small plant, according to the Herald today!


*Groan*...you know I'm going to be awake at 3am tomorrow morning gnashing my
teeth over this now?

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You
may
start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
Kerry Cue

"meeee" writes:
"John Savage" wrote in message
I used to regularly walk past a garden with a frangipani whose flowers
were such a dark purple as to be practially black. They were smallish and
not as attractive as the common frangi, but such a novelty. Unfortunately
the branches were out of reach from the street :-(
and I wasn't brave enough to knock and ask
whether I could please have a cutting.

Then one day I discovered that the tree had been cut back to just a stump!
It never regrew, so my opportunity to own a black frangipani slipped by!
There weren't even any prunings piled up anywhere that I could rifle.

ARGH!! Those HEATHENS!!! *Sigh* And they probably never knew what they had
either....

It's possible that I jumped to the wrong conclusion. You have prompted me
to rethink the possibilities.......

Perhaps someone else coverted the black frangipani and "did it over" late
one night while the owners were asleep? That would explain why it was
hacked back so severely, and why I couldn't see any prunings stacked up on
the footpath.

So, does anyone recall seeing a bunch of potted black frangipanis on sale
at a Sydney carboot sale about 9 years ago???
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

Sorry just had to ask. John did you ever live in Newtown NSW?

Regards
Katherine


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"jones" writes:
Sorry just had to ask. John did you ever live in Newtown NSW?

No, not Newtown.
--
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