JL CULTIVARS
Plumeria cultivars created and released by Jim Little from Oahu, Hawaii
JL Allison---$50---This flower was named after Jim's granddaughter Allison. It is a smaller flower with thick golden, pink petals and red lines flowing through the inflorescence. The growth habit is upright with a sweet fragrance.
JL Amber Starburst ---$200---Gorgeous flower with fire bursting center. Depending on the time of the season the flower will burst more or less. It has a sweet fragrance with a medium growth habit. The tree is a good bloomer and has nice hardy cuttings.
JL Angel---$75---Angle is a curly flower with gorgeous white petals, pink edges and a yellow center. The petals resemble angel wings. The fragrance is sweet with an upright growth habit.
JL Banana Berry---$75---The flower has a vibrant yellow center that blends into a pinkish purple near the edge of each petal. The petals are wide and overlapping. It has a sweet fragrance and an average to large branched growth habit. The flower is 2-2.5 inches across and has a good texture.
JL Black Ruby---$100---Black ruby is a dark red flower with close to black veins. The flower has pointed tips with slightly overlapping petals. The fragrance is sweet, spicy with a medium to upright growth habit.
JL Bleeding Heart---$100---The flower has beautiful frosty white petals with reddish orange center that bleeds into a gold ring. It measures about 3 inches across and has a great peach fragrance. The flower has a nice soft texture that has a surprisingly long holding capability. The trees growth habit is average with many beautiful flower heads.
JL Bridal White---$45---This compact grower has beautiful white flowers with overlapping rounded, ruffled petals. This white flower has very light green veins with a bright yellow center. JL bridal white has a sweet fragrance.
JL Brock's Wave---$300---This amazing plumeria was named after Jim Little’s son Brock. The flower averages 4-5 inches with a sweet fragrance. It has a yellow orange center that flows to a bright white, with beautiful pink edging.
JL Bud Guillot---$400---This flower was named after Jim Little’s friend Bud Guillot who he met back in the 1980's on one of his first visits to his farm. They immediately started sharing stories about plumerias and their relationship never ended. Jim is delighted to name a JL cultivar for a man who gave endlessly in his passion to share the beauty of plumeria. This gorgeous flower is a seedling of the famous JL cultivar Metallica showing it similarities. It has a beautiful yellow burst that fades to a red purple color. The fragrance is sweet with a large well balanced growth habit.
JL Candy Cane---$400---4” pointed tip, very thick leather type petals. Wide red band and large orang center. Well balanced branching tree. Strong sweet fragrance.
JL Cara Free---$65---This flower is unique in that its petals have a slight twirl. The center of the flower is gold with the outer portion of the petals being a frosty white. There is a strong red band on the back of the petals. The tree has an average growth habit and the flowers have a nice fragrance.
JL Charlotte Ebert---$65-----The flower has a tropical blend of red, yellow, and orange. It has a beautiful red veins running through the flower and has a great keeping quality. The fragrance is sweet with thick branches with upright growth habit.
JL Cherry Blossom---$200---The flower was named for the beautiful cherry blossom that create such a spectacular display in Japan each year. The flower has a beautiful, soft, rounded petaled pink color with a striking golden-orange eye. The color is remarkably the same tone and hue as the real cherry blossoms seen in Japan. The fragrance has mild sweet fragrance, The tree is evenly branched with a massive display of inflorescence. It was almost named powder pink for its soft glow.
JL Church Ruffles---$75---This cultivar has large flower heads with an extreme powerful punch of color. The red veins flowing through the wide petals make it stand out alone. It has a good holding capability and a strong well balanced growth habit.
JL Clark’s Wave---$200---This amazing flower was named after Jim Little's son Clark. This flower averages 4 plus inches and has petals just like waves. It has a beautiful yellow center that blends to white. Its fragrance smells just like celadine the Hawaiian lei flower. The growth habit medium upright with thick branches.
JL Confetti---$75---This flower has an amazing watermelon color with a sweet fragrance. The flower averages around 3 plus inches and has a medium growth habit. The tree also has full inflorescence with thick hardy branches.
JL Copper---$250---Copper is a 3 1/2 inch flower that has a copper colored center with overlapping petals that are rimed with a pinkish purple edge. The fragrance is sweet and is a prolific bloomer. It has an upright growth habit with sturdy branches.
JL Dane---$150---Named after Jim’s grandson Dane. The flowers are extraordinary, a deep gold in the center that goes through the petals, and changes to a vibrant red. Each petal curls inward to form a pointed tip. Dane has an upright growth habit with beautiful, full flower heads and a light sweet papaya fragrance.
JL Diamond Head---$400---The Plumeria Diamond Head is an open pollinated seedling from a Singapore Obtusa. It has Semi glossy Singapore leaves and is a medium size grower with lots of branches. The flower has a lemon Singapore fragrance.
JL Don Ho---$75---This cultivar has a large 3-4 inch flower with a tropical blend of colors. The fragrance is sweet and has a hardy well balanced growth habit.
JL Doric---$200---This cultivar was named after Jim's wife, Doric. The flower has exotic orange veins flowing through its petals with yellow and pink ends. This flower has a rusty look to it and is a prolific bloomer. It has medium to subcompact growth habit and a mild fragrance.
JL Eclipse---$100---This flower has gorgeous overlapping petals with a pink eclipse on the flower edge. The fragrance is sweet with a medium to compact growth habit with full flower heads.
JL Fireworks---$350---Explosion of tropical colors hence the name fireworks. It has a sweet plumeria fragrance with a nice well balanced growth habit.
JL Elizabeth Thornton---$55---This tree's flower has a vibrant yellow, orange center with pink petals. The flower has a sweet fragrance and a medium to upright growth habit.
JL Freckles---$500---This cultivar is unique in that it has beautiful black freckles flowing through its petals. The flower is dark maroon color that averages around 3 inches. The tree has a medium growth habit with a sweet spicy fragrance.
JL Giant Shell---$55---This flower has a beautiful large shell like shape with a sweet fragrance. The tree has a large growth habit with hardy branches.
JL Gladys Kamakamuokalani Brandt---$45---This is a beautiful yellow, orange flower with a firing center. The flower has a sweet fragrance with a medium well balanced growth habit.
JL Golden Pagoda---$100---Golden Pagoda is a lovely flower with golden petals that are curled at the end with a pink lining. The fragrance is sweet with a medium growth habit.
JL Gold Fever---$250---Gold fever is a golden flower with pinkish purple edges. This cultivar has full flower heads as shown above with a compact growth habit. The flower has a cinnamon fragrance with hardy branches.
JL Goldilocks---$125---Goldilocks is a beautiful golden yellow 2.5- 3 inches flower with dark yellow veins flowing through its petals. The flower has a very sweet fragrance with a medium compact growth habit.
JL Haleakala---$150---This plumeria cutting has a beautiful mix of purple, yellow, orange, and pink colors. The fragrance is sweet with a medium thick branched growth habit.
JL Hang Loose---$300---Hang Loose is a unique flower in which it hangs down in a ribbon like shape with thick velvet like petals. It has a mild sweet fragrance with a medium to large growth habit.
JL Hawaiian Butterfly---$400---This flower is unique in that the flower heads hang down and look like a clump of butterflies. The flower are beautiful golden yellow with a sweet fragrance. The tree has a medium growth habit with full inflorescence.
JL Hawaiian Classic---$400---The flower has a tropical blend of red, yellow, and orange. It has a beautiful red veins running through the flower and has a great keeping quality. The fragrance is sweet with thick branches with upright growth habit.
JL Hawaiian Coral---$75---Hawaiian corals flower has a salmon color to it and slightly overlapping petals. The growth habit is medium with hardy branches and a sweet fragrance. The tree is also a prolific bloomer.
JL Hawaiian Fire---$300---This cultivar has large flower heads with an extreme powerful punch of color. The red veins flowing through the wide petals make it stand out alone. It has a good holding capability and a strong well balanced growth habit.
JL Hawaiian Ribbon---$65---Hawaiian ribbon is named after its long curled petals. It has a mix of orange, yellow, pink, red, and white. The fragrance is sweet with a medium growth habit.
JL Hawaiian Rose---$125---Hawaiian rose is a seedling of Vera Cruz Rose which has the most fragrant rose smell of all plumeria. Hawaiian rose is no different but its color is a deep gold with overlapping petals. It has a large growth habit with hardy cuttings.
JL Hawaiian Sunset---$50---Hawaiian Sunset is a light pink flower with a vibrant sunset center and has amazing red veins flowing through its petals. It has a large growth habit with thick hardy branches.
JL Hawaiian Titanic---$50---The flower is an enormous beauty. There is a large sunshine colored center. The middle of the petals are a frosty white that melts into a reddish-pink band along the edges. It has a sweet fragrance and a large branched growth habit. The petals are moderately overlapping with gently pointed tips. The flower is 5 inches across and has good texture.
JL Hokulea---$300---Hokulea has a sunshine center with vibrant pink red edges and beautiful white veins flowing through the pedals. The fragrance is sweet with a medium growth habit.
JL Hopeful---$400---Hopeful is a gorgeous flower that has vibrant hues of red, pink, and white. The cultivar has full inflorescence and a medium growth habit. Each flower head has a subtle, sweet fragrance.
JL Hula Girl Red---$50---As you can see in this photo hula girl is a vibrant reddish pink flower with gorgeous large blossoms. The fragrance is sweet with a medium well proportioned growth habit.
JL Juicy Fruit---$200---3” reddish blend color pointed tip petals with very strong fruit fragrance like a juicy fruit gum.
JL Kaleidoscope---$150---Kaleidoscope is a unique flower in that it has a variegated mix of tropical colors. It has a sweet Singapore fragrance with a medium to compact growth habit. This flower has one of the most exotic color combinations from Jim Little farms.
JL Ken Ames---$45---This flower averages 4-4 1/2 inch diameter and has ruffled edges. The petals are lined in pink with distinctive veins running through the yellow center. It has an average growth habit with a sweet fragrance.
JL Lilian Chinn---$35---When Ted Chinn, former graduate student in Horticulture under Dr. Richard Criley at the University of Hawaii, asked Jim if he would name a plumeria for his wife. Many of today’s named Hawaiian Plumerias were developed by Ted back in the late 1960’s. This flower is a large long lasting inflorescence.
JL Lilikoi---$65---This flower is a 3-4 inch flower with veined yellow over lapping petals and pink edges. This flower gets its name through its Lilikoi color. Its fragrance is perfume sweet with a medium compact growth habit.
JL Madame Pele---$100---It is named for the Hawaiian Goddess named Madame Pele who formed all the creative sculptures made from the bellowing volcanic lava flows. The inflorescent is a rare display of intense colors that represent the bright flowing colors of a lava eruption. Its intense radiating 3" vibrating colors that will catch your eye either as a potted plant or in your landscape. The texture is good for leis and the fragrance is candy sweet. The tree habit is upright.
JL Mareka---$150---This flower was named after Jim's daughter in law Mareka. It's a beautiful flower with a yellow center that fades to a bright white and it has reddish band on the back of petals. The growth habit is medium too large with a great fragrance. The tree has full heads of flowers.
JL Mary Foster---$65---Paul Weissich, former director of Foster Botanical Garden of Honolulu, asked Jim to name a flower for Mary Robinson Foster. One of her greatest gifts to the people of Hawaii was made in 1930 when she donated her property to preserve a piece of paradise for the entire world to enjoy. Today, trees over 150 years old and tropical collections from all over the world abound in Foster Botanical Garden.
JL Mary Helen Eggenberger---$65---It is a gorgeous white flower with a bright pink band around the edge with a yellow center. Flowers are about 3-4 inches in size with a semi compact growth habit. The fragrance is sweet and the texture is nice.
JL Metallica---$125---One of Jim Little’s best creation. The long winged flower petals are a silvery-purple metallic color with a flashy orange-yellow blow-out center. This is the first known silver-purple colored plumeria to be introduced by Jim Little. It has a sweet grape gum fragrance and the flowers average 3.5 inches in diameter with an average growth habit. Easy to rooting.
JL Mosaic---$125---The flower has a beautiful yellow and pink color with unique patterns of dark pink. The growth habit is semi-compact with well proportioned branches. The flowers have a nice coconut fragrance and a good holding capability.
JL Mr. Ambassador---$75---This amazing cultivar has a vibrant pink and purple flower with a yellow, orange center and slightly overlapping petals. The fragrance is sweet with a medium growth habit. aka Emerson Willis
JL My Fair Lady---$400---This flower is an absolute gorgeous flower that offend has six petals. It has a bursting yellow, orange center with whitish pink petals. Fuchsia color band on front and back and often appears 6 petals. The flower average 3-4 inches with a medium growth habit. Its fragrance is sweet with full flower heads.
JL Orange Crater---$65---4” bright big eye with rounded overlapping petals. Rapid growth habit.
JL Orange Ribbon---$85---This vibrant flower has a unique twirl as seen in the attached photo. The growth habit is medium too large with a amazing fragrance. The tree also has full flower heads which would look great in your garden.
JL Pink Pagoda---$400---Pink Pagoda is a gorgeous yellow, white and pink flower. The flower has thick cupping petals with pink pointed tips. This cultivar has a nice medium compact growth habit with a very sweet fragrance.
JL Pink Pansy---$50---This is one of Jim Little’s early crosses. Many new hybrids have been developed from its seeds. The flower has beautiful wide-round overlapping petals that resemble a pansy. It measures about 2.5 inches across and has a compact growth habit. The fragrance is sweet and the holding capability is good.
JL Pink White Rainbow---$35---This flower has a gorgeous pink edging that fades into white and finishes with a golden center. Boasting a compact growth habit with a sweet fragrance it will garner attention in your garden.
JL Pink Shell---$35---Full inflorescence in early spring. Pink and white shell shape petals.
JL Prismatic---$75---The flower when picked is like plastic almost. It has a very thick texture with a excellent holding capability. The tree has well balance growth habit with hardy branches and a sweet fragrance.
JL Pupukea Crepe---$45---A rippled textured brilliant white flower that resembles the texture of crepe paper. The center of the flower has a lovely yellow ring. The flower is 2.5-3 inches across and has a great fragrance.
JL Purple Rain---$65---Purple Rains flower has a yellow orange center with light purple petals. The fragrance is sweet with a medium to upright growth habit.
JL Queen Elizabeth---$350--- Honoring Queen Elizabeth with this special flower. 3.5 inches, very thick rounded petals. Bright unusual purple tint color. Sweet fragrance.
JL Queen Kapiolani---$200---This gorgeous 3 1/2 inch flower is a rainbow of pink, white ,yellow and orange. A strong waxy texture is another great characteristic. It has medium growth habit with a great fragrance.
JL Red Orange---$45---The flower has a beautiful red and orange blend. It has a sweet fragrance with a medium growth habit with hardy branches.
CL Reece's Butter Cup---$200---Named after Dane’s cousin Reece and has an amazing flower in which its petals fold over in a ButterCup shape hence the name. The flower has a very plastic like texture with a sweet fragrance. The tree has a large growth habit with thick hardy branches and full inflorescence.
JL Red Rose---$400---This is a beautiful flower that resembles a red rose with its deep, red color that fades into its black edges. It has full inflorescence with a medium to large growth habit. It has an uncommon fragrance in that it simultaneously smells sweet and spicy.
JL Richard Eggenberger---$400---Jim Little named this plumeria for Richard Eggenberger who helped and introduced many people to the plumeria world. With that being said this flower is a beautiful large flower with a similar look to his wife's plumeria flower Mary Helen Eggenberger. The flower has a beautiful golden center with large pink hazed petals and averages 4-5 inches. It has a medium to large growth habit with a sweet fragrance.
JL Royal Red---$150---This flower has a deep royal red color with an orange center. The fragrance is spicy sweet with an upright growth habit.
JL Ruffles---$75---This cultivar has vibrant colors of yellow, white and pink with ruffled petals. The flower averages around 3- 3 1/2 inches with a strong sweet fragrance.
JL Sandy---$200---Named after Jim Little's daughter-in-law Sandy. It has an amazing orange center with overlapping pink and white petals. It's a thick hardy flower with a strong baby powder/ vanilla fragrance. It has a well balanced subcompact growth habit.
JL Sensation---$300---JL Sensation is one of the most vibrant red, pink flowers around. The flower has a pink, orange center with rounded petals and dark red pointed tips.
JL Shorebreak---$125---JL Shorebreak is a very large overlapping flower, 3-4 inches. The image says it all when comes to color and size. The fragrance is very sweet with a medium large growth habit.
JL Show Off---$250---JL Show Off has remarkable suede textured petals that is a beautiful flower to be hold.
JL Spirit---$300---Spirit flower averages 4-5 inches across with a nectarine fragrance. It has a beautiful mix of colors as shown in the photo above with nice green foliage because it is a obtusa hybrid (Evergreen Blood). Its growth habit is upright. Nectarine fragrance.
JL Starfish---$45---The flower is unique in that it resembles a white starfish. It has a yellow center and a mild fragrance. The tips of the flower are very pointed and it measures about 2.5-3 inches across. It has a compact growth habit.
JL Starlight---$35---JL Starlight was named because its shape and color. The flower averages 4-5 inches and has a sweet fragrance. The tree has a medium growth habit with hardy cuttings. It was a popular lei flower in Waikiki back in the day. Rescued by Donald Angus and passed on to Jim Little.
JL Strawberry Guava---$400---This rare plumeria starts off as a golden flower then changes its color as it ages to a guava shade. The flower averages 3 to 3 and half inches with a sweet fragrance. Its growth habit is medium and well balanced.
JL Strawberry Shortcake---$500---2023 new releases that is an absolute stunner. The flower average 1.5-2 inches across with a vibrant array of colors. This flower presents a strong waxy texture and is ideal for lei making. The tree has a medium compact growth habit with a sweet fragrance.
JL Supernova---$400---The flowers display an explosion of color that bursts out of the center and makes it's way half way through the flower and stops. It has round overlapping petals that measure about 3 inches across.
JL Ted Chinn---$35---Ted Chinn flower has a blast of orange, yellow color in its center with vibrant pink petals. The tree has a medium growth habit with a sweet fragrance.
JL Temptation---$75---This flower has beautiful wide ruffly overlapping petals. It has purple, pink edges and a nice yellow center. Its fragrance is sweet with a medium to compact growth habit and has full flower heads.
JL Tidal Wave---$75---This flower is very unique in which it twists around like a tidal wave. It has white curly petals with a pinkish red melting through the petals a yellow center. The tree has a medium to large growth habit with a sweet fragrance.
JL Tornado---$50---The waves edged flower has rounded petals with a fused fuchsia-violet color permeated by spiraling red streaks (veins) flashing from an orange center of the flower. The growth habit is exceptional with balanced compacting branches and full flower heads.
JL Tropic Lightning---$125---This is a one of a kind plumeria cultivar. It has striking red pointed tips mixed with a beautiful white and orange center. It has a pin wheel effect and a nice fragrance. The tree has a medium upright growth habit.
JL Tropical Storm---$75---The flowers are a beautiful tropical mix of colors. The tree has an up right growth habit and the flowers have nice fragrance and measure about 3 inches across.
JL Trumpet---$55---The flower shape is very unusual in that it resembles a trumpet. It has a strong red band on the back of the white petals. The center of the flower has a sunshine ring which meets up with a soft white. It has a sweet fragrance and an average to upright growth habit. The flower has a good texture.
JL Vanilla Ice---$300---Vanilla Ice is a unique smaller flower averaging 1-1.5 inches in diameter with a candy sweet fragrance. The flower has a yellow center with green veins flowing through its white ruffly petals. The growth habit is medium compact with full inflorescence.
JL Waikiki---$45---Cheerful bright pink color with full inflorescence. Compact and good branching tree that sets lot of seeds.
JL Whirlpool---$350---This unique cultivar gets it name because of its overlapping swirl pattern that brings to mind a whirlpool. The flower average 3 inches in diameter and has a beautiful yellow center with white petals. The tree has a sweet fragrance with a nice growth habit.
JL White Chocolate---$500---3 inches white flower with sweet chocolate/coconut scent. Good branching and flowering tree. A hybrid of sp. Isabella.