A Comprehensive Guide (with ready-to-plant palettes) Living ocean-side or on Hawaiʻi’s breezy ridgelines means sun, salt spray, and steady trades. The right plants don’t just survive—they thrive and hold your landscape together. Here’s a comprehensive, Hawaiʻi-focused list plus practical design tips and mix-and-match planting palettes you can take straight to the garden. How to Think…
Tillandsias DO have to be watered; they live ‘in’ air, not ‘on’ air. Tillandsias are NOT toxic to animals, although this does not mean your pet won’t eat them, but they will survive the experience, your plant might not. Tillandsias are NOT parasitic; they do not harm the host tree. Trim away brown, bent or…
A Tiny New Stinging Ant is Spreading Across Hawai’i! We take this very seriously and are working with the Department of Agriculture to help stop the spread. Our plants are tested and safe. In the past we helped lead the crusade to eradicate Coqui Frogs from Oahu and we regularly inspect our nursery for Fire Ants. These…
We were graced with the presence of this newly wed couple at our nursery for their photo shoot. Photography and Flowers by Makiko Epling [sanddollarsfloral@gmail.com] Mahalo for choosing us, and Leia our Doberman on your special day! Beautiful, Congratulations.
Rey Ito ‘The Green Doctor’ was our guest speaker. Yet again, we had an awesome group of people join us, mahalo! Rey was great at answering questions and providing an informative workshop about pests in the garden and landscape. If you missed this one, check back or follow us on Facebook;
This unique workshop was fantastic! Mahalo to Scotland Willson of Tropical Modern. Scotland walked us through the design of container gardens. Thank you to all who joined us, was a great workshop!
We have had great responses to our Bamboo Workshop, Mahalo for sharing your experiences with us. Rich did such a great job sharing his knowledge! We definitely will have to do this workshop again.
Container Water Gardens are so cool! Add a blooming lily and a night blooming lily and even a few fish. Our Water Garden Workshop was a hit and we have had allot of response for a second workshop, coming soon! Thank you to all who came out, we hope you enjoyed yourselves and look forward…
I keep blogging about pottery, our pottery terrace is so spectacular, so many unique designs! Love the angle these pots have.
