The brilliant orange flower of the African tulip tree has been in Hawaii for a long time. The landscaping plant was first introduced in the mid-1800s. -- FOREST and KIM STARR photo An African ...

Additionally, this plant has the Hawaiian name alahe’e haole, probably because both alahe’e and mock orange produce fragrant white flowers. Though mock orange is native throughout India ...

She extols several plants currently blooming in her garden whose flowers are in the fiery color spectrum that stretches from ...

Bad weather's affecting our local flower farms and that means you may not be able to get Hawaii's most fragrant flowers this lei season. "It's rain plus cold winds, which they don't like," said ...

They originate from Central America and have thrived on the Hawaiian islands since 1860. It’s a common misconception that flowers like these used in iconic leis are native, says Oʻahu-based lei ...