Any Native Plants specific Nurseries?

[Kapohocat]

Also contact the UH Trop Ag program - they have sales all the time as well as the Sierra Club at their annual garage sale...

-Cat

Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management
808 217-7578
http://bluewaterpm.125mb.com/index.html
"We help make building your dream home a reality"

[Hazen]

Just email me or call me w/ a time and place Mella, i move around the island a lot, i'm sure i could drop the book off sometime if you like. I live in Orchidland if you are in the neighborhood.

Hazen

(858)232-0914

[allensylves]

I believe Rozette's Nursery (?) in HPP has quite a few native plants. I think it is off Kaloli, but I am really dredging into murky memory here. I have never been there, just read about it.

Allen
Baton Rouge, LA & HPP

[jdirgo]

Yep, 28th and Kaloli. They have a huge selection of all kinds of plant and a very knowledgeable staff.

John Dirgo, RA, ABR, e-PRO
Island Trust Properties, LLC
808-987-9243 cell

[Kapohocat]

Having just worked with Roberta Brashear-Kaulfers doing vegetation survey on 2 properties, remember that "native" doesnt always mean "non-invasive"....

When you are purchasign plants, or sharing - check in to see if the plant can become invasive in the right environment - then check if thats your environment.

An example is Kahili ginger (not native by the way) is a nice plant at low altitudes, stays fairly contained - go up to cool temps like Waimea or Volcano and it becomes incredible invasive.

Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management
808 217-7578
http://bluewaterpm.125mb.com/index.html
"We help make building your dream home a reality"

[Les C]

Yup, there are some native plants that are aggressive; more power to them. There is the native fern, 'uluhe, which is fairly aggressive, probably invasive. Fortunately, it seems to be easy to control manually.

And there is an aggressive native morning glory, Koali 'Awa(?), that the Volcano Nat'l Park folks encourage at Kipuka Puaulu (Bird Park), because it can keep some of the other invasives moderated after they've been cut back.

I've also just learned about a "construction-grade" bamboo that grows tall and strong, and in bunches. It doesn't send out runners(!), so it isn't invasive like many other.

It's all a matter of learning how different plants behave in different habitats.

Les

[Hazen]

Mella was I working up in Hawi last week, saw a flyer for Aikane Nursery 889-5906 says that they sell hawaiian natives, give em' a call and report back eh'?

uh, that's Native Hawaiian Plants. I don;t think they've got any locals fo sale.

[robguz]

Home Depot also has a small selection of natives, or at least did so the last time I was there.

[Keith]

Try this link it looks like it has good information.

http://pdcs.ctahr.hawaii.edu:591/hawnprop/othrplnt.htm

Keith

[Tahunatics]

We tried to buy fruit trees from Plantit Hawaii but they are only wholesale, not offering to the general public. I noticed that Home Depot in Hilo carried some trees from them and so does Gaia Yoga Nursery who we ended up going with. Ano is great and he can also be found at the north west corner of the Maku'u Market.