Excellent plant patriotism day - got some variegated rhapis palms and philodendron and possibly Chinese taro from craigslist and a brugmansia from Glenn's and a big bunch of various ti plants from the Yamashita Nursery. Love the fire sale area at Yamashita Nursery. Seriously. Love.
The address for Yamashita Nursery is: 41-551 Flamingo Street, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795. Their telephone number is 808-259-7059.
The address for Glenn's Flowers and Plants is: 41-513 Flamingo Street, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795. The telephone number there is 808-259-9625.
Neither have a web presence, but they are super easy to find, especially since Glenn's has a big sign on Kalanianaole Highway, and then Yamashita's is just down the street.
A new addition from Yamashita Nursery. I think that this is Hawaiian Sunset.
Proof that patience pays: this lovely (name unknown) ti is from a cutting that Ko'olau Nursery sells as cemetery foliage - the stuff that people buy to put in vases at graveyards. I think that these started life as 12-15 inch cuttings at a dollar a piece. I think that I got about 15 of these. Of course, Yamashita's sells similar cuttings already rooted in pots for 2 dollars, so . . . But I didn't know about the wonder of Yamashita's then. Hey, Yamashita's cut me a deal! I'm doing some really good PR for you. Or would be if anyone other than Lisa and Scot were reading this, and if they didn't already know about the place.
Not sure about that being hawaiian sunset. The pink edged ones were maybe kauai beauty? And I know he called mine "Miss Andrea," but I thought the sign read "Chocolate Queen" when I bought that from...Glenn's? I think he was making half the names up.
ReplyDeleteI think that he was, too, but what they heck, he was entertaining. And he did swap out a scraggly ti for a better one. In fact, I'm pretty sure that this isn't Hawaiian Sunset, but it's irresistible so let's call it Vyvyan's Sunset.
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