How to Use plumeria in a Sentence

plumeria

noun
  • There, Baugh has two plumeria plants, a gift from his late brother.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Lewis’s were covered in pink and orange plumerias.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Opposite it on the front right is a sprawling plumeria.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • The decline of plumeria plants, also known as frangipani, is kind of sneaky.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • If needed, this is a good time to reshape overgrown or out-of-bounds plumeria plants.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Start watering plumeria when leaves appear toward the end of the month.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Start watering plumeria when leaves appear toward the end of the month. Start fertilizing roses with slow-release fertilizer this month.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Start watering plumeria when leaves appear towards the end of the month.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Start watering plumeria when leaves appear towards the end of the month.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Red flowers, such as plumeria, and those from the screw pine tree are not to be offered to the god Shiva.
    — Robert J. Stephens, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The plumeria shook in the trees, their yellow hearts playing peekaboo as the blossoms ducked and shuddered in the storm.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Keep the plumeria trees moist and apply a slow-release fertilizer this month and again in May.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The speaker will be club member Lori Kilmer, who will share her expertise on plumerias.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • As the plumeria grew larger and taller, the rose tilted and then kept tilting in a valiant attempt to capture its fair share of sunlight.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • This year’s sale will include special, large plumeria plants and cuttings, along with unusual plants, garden art and bird baths.
    — Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Both plumeria and cannas are the most susceptible plants in local landscapes.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 5 June 2021
  • With ingredients like plumeria and raspberry, Gold is like a drink of water for your skin.
    — Leah Romero, ELLE, 26 May 2023
  • At its heart is a musky, lush vanilla, like a Palermo window box bursting with fragrant plumeria.
    — Heather Eddy, Bon Appétit, 15 June 2021
  • Her home was in an old neighborhood filled with plumeria, fruit, and mango trees, surrounded by amazing neighbors.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • There is an enormous diversity of potential plants within each plumeria seed pod.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The breeze is rich with fragrant plumeria and pineapple, and every minute of every day you’re reminded (and encouraged) to stop and take a nice, deep breath.
    — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Nov. 2018
  • Where plumeria is concerned, one-gallon containers with equal parts cactus mix and perlite should encourage your cuttings to take root.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Watch hula competitions and ukulele performances, craft a lei or plumeria painting and feast on kalua pork, huli huli chicken and other island foods.
    — Sara Cagle, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
  • In the backyard there are vegetables, fruit trees, plumerias, flowering shrubs and a koi pond that produces fertilized water for the garden.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Rancho Bernardo, 27 Apr. 2018
  • On a sultry night in Accra, the air smells of wood smoke, brine from the wet but welcome breezes off the Gulf of Guinea and the plumeria trees that line the streets.
    — Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 12 July 2016
  • Plus, the distinctive fruity-floral plumeria scent will virtually transport you to the lush, tropical islands.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • John Allen and his daughter surveyed an ash-gray landscape once festooned with colorful orchids and plumerias from a hill above the Lahaina fire zone.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The ingredients include spirulina, kukui nut oil, macadamia nut oil, noni, and plumeria — all of which are sourced from Hawaii to support local agriculture.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • To grow plumeria from seed, 9-10 months may elapse between pods ripening and splitting open, a process that will only happen if pods are left on the plant throughout this period.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Atkinson is clear that root building is the most important element of successful plumeria cultivation.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022

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