Chonemorpha fragrans

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    It trips off the tongue doesn't it? , a climbing frangipani! Anyone grown it? It happened to leap into my shopping bag during a 'rare' plant fair today.
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Never heard of it.
       
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        Looks a bit too big for me and my greenhouse, but worth a try in tropical France.:smile:
         
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          Just got to find a 30m tree for it to climb up , although I suspect it'll have to make do with a Leclerc trellis :-)
           
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            Interesting to find something unusual, Good luck with it :smile:
             
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              Yes, it was, Michael :) I was actually after Mandevilla boliviensis or Jasminum angulaire, but it's good to have an ambition in life .....:biggrin:
               
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