09-03-2006, 11:37 PM
Mella
A good, less expensive book is "a Native Hawaiian Garden" University of Hawaii Press
John Culliney and Bruce Koebele 25 dollars 17 at Amazon.
Some perhaps surprising facts. A very great number of what you might think as native plants aren't, ie Coconut palms, bananas, breadfruit, practically anything edible.
Second, until very recently, according to these authors, it was illegal to propagate and plant true native plants. They go into the ecologocal arguments and thoughts behind this perverse policy in this book. very interesting reading and they give propagation tips for the plants, as well as tell you how difficult it is.
Lee
A good, less expensive book is "a Native Hawaiian Garden" University of Hawaii Press
John Culliney and Bruce Koebele 25 dollars 17 at Amazon.
Some perhaps surprising facts. A very great number of what you might think as native plants aren't, ie Coconut palms, bananas, breadfruit, practically anything edible.
Second, until very recently, according to these authors, it was illegal to propagate and plant true native plants. They go into the ecologocal arguments and thoughts behind this perverse policy in this book. very interesting reading and they give propagation tips for the plants, as well as tell you how difficult it is.
Lee