Planting Native

by Rick Barboza




‘Ulei

Osteomeles anthylidifolia


Indigenous:
 All of Hawai’i except Ni’ihau and Kaho’olawe.

Description:  Amazing shrubs with dark, glossy, pinnate leaves and very fragrant white flower clusters.  These are one of my most favorite smelling native flowers.  The flowers develop into white fleshy, fruit that ripen purple and contain up to four seeds inside.  Generally this is a low crawling plant usually under four feet tall but some specimens on Maui and Hawaiâ...


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