What to Know
- Plumeria Festival 2026
- Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
- Arcadia
- July 17 from 4 to 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 18
- Included with admission
All sorts of pretty prompts can inspire a conversation, and maybe an eventual friendship, with a neighbor you don't yet know.
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WATCH HEREYour neighbor might hang interesting windchimes on their patio or play their guitar on their porch, and both are fine conversation-starters. But so is spying a small tree in your neighbor's yard, a stunning and scent-filled shrub brimming with plumeria blossoms.
This sensational specimen, which is known for its fragrance and beauty, will start plenty of conversations on July 17 and 18 when the 12th Annual Plumeria Festival opens its petals at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden.
If you're a frangipani fan, and you'd like to learn more about the flower's care, experts will be at the Arcadia garden to discuss the tropical favorites. Look for vendors, too, around 20, and walking tours of some of LA Arboretum's exquisite plumeria plants.
There are over 100 trees to admire by sight and by scent, and pondering whether a plumeria flower greets the eye or the nose first might be a topic you think about as you stroll.
While plumeria will be for sale, so will other gorgeous growing things, including succulents and staghorn ferns.
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Your garden admission is all that's required, but, of course, you might want funds to shop and visit the food trucks, which will also take tasty part in the event.
Will attending the floral festival help you find conversation-starters, the chat-beginning plumeria topics you'll want the next time you run into your plumeria-growing neighbor? Perhaps.
A devotion to this dazzling bloomer has a way of uniting flower fans, and high summer in Southern California is a prime and nose-pleasing time to bask in plumeria's power.
