I was recently given 12 plants. The donor calls laguna but I have always called plumeria. Is it one and the same plant?

Welcome to ATP. I know there is a Laguna, CA but I have never heard of a plant with that name. Could you post a picture or two of what you have and we can ID it for you?

Hello Michelle! If you can post a photo of the plant so we can all try to see if it is a plumeria.
I saw there is a cultivar called Plumeria 'Laguna Pink', maybe that is what your donor is referring to, the specific cultivar.

and yes, a picture would be helpful @MsAbstractor

I know my eyesight is not the best, but I just can't tell what these plants are from the picture. Can you improve on the focus and perhaps take several shots of not only the leaves but also the stems?

The plant that is most prominent in the picture is - I'm sorry to say - not a Plumeria.

Perhaps I need better glasses, Hetty. I couldn't make heads or tails from the picture.

I can't really tell, but the photo reminds me of Eriobotrya japonica, commonly called Loquat.

I thought it might be too. Those serrated edges on the leaves...

Those leaves really do look more like Loquat (Rhaphiolepis bibas) rather than Plumeria. For comparison you can scroll down this page for photos showing the leaves of Plumerias (Plumeria)

Oh, the photo is rather blurry...can you do a second photo upload, try to take a full shot of the plant, step back a bit, then zoom a bit for a closer shot of the trunk and some leaves again. Try to get just one plant from the lot you have so it is easier to take the photo then we can all see clearly.

I appreciate all the answers n U are absolutely right

Whew, it was not my bad eyesight.

They do look a lot like my Loquat, but they are paler green. My Loquats always have very deep green leaves even when I don't feed them too well.

Do u mind if I ask Ur location? I've never know anyone in my area to grow these. Do Ur's produce much fruit?

Loquats (Eriobotrya japonica) grow in Austin, Texas quite easily. I think your location in Georgia would be even more to their liking. They produce fruit, but there it's usually left for the birds and squirrels. Do you know if the twelve plants you were given were grown from seeds or if they came from cuttings? I think producing Loquats via a cutting is difficult, but I'm not positive about that.

I am in Sarasota FL. Mine are babies, have not bloomed yet, but their parent tree is next door at my neighbor's. His tree fruits twice a year here, in March and again in November. The fruits are delicious, a little like a small apricot. But there is a lot of seed, compared to the amount of fruit of this particular variety. So the birds do get a lot of the fruit, and of course the seeds get 'distributed'.

Apart from the fruit, the tree is very nice, stays fairly small, maybe 15ft. tall and wide, with shiny dark leaves. The flowers are small and not terribly decorative but when the fruit is on the tree, the clusters of yellow/peach fruits are pretty.

I grow loquats here near Houston Texas. But I also grew up with one huge one in Canoga Park, Southern California. They are frost proof down to 2º. They are evergreen trees about 15-20 feet tall. Yes, they produce fruit.

Thanks so much:). I'm pretty sure he grew from seed. Each of the pots have 3 to four plants in each 1 gal container. They are about 18 to 24 inches tall