Category Archives: roses

August Arrives with another Sleepover

Summer welcomes August with a smile and I am still smiling too. I returned from an overnight visit to an organic coffee farm devotedly run by my friends Hillery and Eric. We had been talking of this visit for…say…15 years … Continue reading

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Plenty Papaya

Like babies, papayas generally take 9 months from planting to harvest. 9 months is not considered very long in the agricultural world, but like a baby it sometimes feels like it’s forever. These papaya were just flushing to ripe yet … Continue reading

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Flower Friday 12/18

Our chosen flower for today’s Flower Friday is another of my backyard beauties. This yellow rose is called Golden Showers and it is of the climbing variety. I have repotted 2 of the rose stalks in separate large pots. These, … Continue reading

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Flower Friday

My flower garden has pleasantly surprised me this week with a plethora of rose blossoms. Truely only 5 flowers but their colors are presented as a mini bouquet to me and now I can share them with you. Each rose … Continue reading

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A Lei for Every Occasion

No such thing as Monday Blues when you work in a lei shop. How could that ever be possible when surrounded by these beautiful and fragrant lei. At Po’ohala Lei and Flowers on Beretania St. in Downtown Honolulu Chinatown, today’s … Continue reading

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Lei at Po’ohala

Take a look at today’s featured lei at Po’ohala Lei & Flowers. Wow! such unique and lovely offerings. The red rose and tuberose crafted in the rope style pictured on the top has both the long lasting beauty of the rose coupled with the … Continue reading

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Rope Rose & Pikake Lei

Another gorgeous lei from the gals at Po’ohala Lei and Flowers. Pictured on the top is the rope pikake and pink rose lei. We have crafted it in the exquisite double or rope style. The roses are long lasting and of course … Continue reading

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Mardi Gras

Vibrantly blushing with a peaking young bud, this is a photo of my Mardi Gras…Mardi Gras rose that is. This lovely Jackson & Perkins tag says Mardi Gras (Jaci Rain). I don’t know much about roses except that they have been … Continue reading

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