07-14-2015, 05:05 AM
best would be to replace your dead Ohia.... with more Ohia trees. they are 'weedy' (and easy to dig up young or take one from a Hapuu fern and replant young), and fairly fast growers for a hardwood tree...
on the Ohe's (now Polyscias, formally Tetraplasandra), Polyscias oahuensis and P.hawaiensis grow in wet places.
P. sandwichensis (now Polyscias, formally Reynoldsia) in low dry areas like Kona side.
Koa (pea family) will/can grow very low elevation with care .. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden has a few growing 1 mile from ocean, on hill in Capt Cook on Kona side.. Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger has a few nice ones growing at 200' elevation (see her book 'Growing Hawaii's Native Plants') the root fungus is from wet soil, so in shady/mossy areas in mid-lower Puna they may not grow well w/o proper soil and drainage.
Koaia (pea family) are better for drier hotter lower areas though...
other larger shrubs/trees that naturally live in mid to lower Puna.... (some are slow growing and can be very tricky, or tough to find)
Hame (spurge family)
Pilo (2-3 dif types, coffee/gardenia family)
Kopiko (coffee/gardenia family)
Mamaki (nettle family)
Neleau (mango/sumac family)
Kawau (holly family)
Ohe (3 types, ginseng family)
Loulu (2 types endemic to Puna, palm family)
Hala (screwpine family)
Bobea (coffee/gardenia family)
Iliahi (sandalwood family)
Mahoe (soapberry family)
Alani (citrus family)
Olomea (bittersweet family)
Lama (ebony/persimmon family)
Akia (large leaf type W.sandwicensis can get 15'+, akia family)
Mamane (pea family)
Naio (myoporum family)
Hoawa (2 types, pittosporum family)
Kolea (2 types, myrsine family)
and many native Hibiscus can reach 25'-40' tall ie all 5 of the endemic white ones, the Kokio red one (H.kokio), and the Hau (H.tilliaceus, variegated, small leaf, or normal wild type)
good luck
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
on the Ohe's (now Polyscias, formally Tetraplasandra), Polyscias oahuensis and P.hawaiensis grow in wet places.
P. sandwichensis (now Polyscias, formally Reynoldsia) in low dry areas like Kona side.
Koa (pea family) will/can grow very low elevation with care .. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden has a few growing 1 mile from ocean, on hill in Capt Cook on Kona side.. Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger has a few nice ones growing at 200' elevation (see her book 'Growing Hawaii's Native Plants') the root fungus is from wet soil, so in shady/mossy areas in mid-lower Puna they may not grow well w/o proper soil and drainage.
Koaia (pea family) are better for drier hotter lower areas though...
other larger shrubs/trees that naturally live in mid to lower Puna.... (some are slow growing and can be very tricky, or tough to find)
Hame (spurge family)
Pilo (2-3 dif types, coffee/gardenia family)
Kopiko (coffee/gardenia family)
Mamaki (nettle family)
Neleau (mango/sumac family)
Kawau (holly family)
Ohe (3 types, ginseng family)
Loulu (2 types endemic to Puna, palm family)
Hala (screwpine family)
Bobea (coffee/gardenia family)
Iliahi (sandalwood family)
Mahoe (soapberry family)
Alani (citrus family)
Olomea (bittersweet family)
Lama (ebony/persimmon family)
Akia (large leaf type W.sandwicensis can get 15'+, akia family)
Mamane (pea family)
Naio (myoporum family)
Hoawa (2 types, pittosporum family)
Kolea (2 types, myrsine family)
and many native Hibiscus can reach 25'-40' tall ie all 5 of the endemic white ones, the Kokio red one (H.kokio), and the Hau (H.tilliaceus, variegated, small leaf, or normal wild type)
good luck
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
******************************************************************
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha