When we hold Kickstarter fundraisers for my TV show, “A Growing Passion,” each of the crew offers something as a contributor reward. Our cameraman Michael Gerdes loves to contribute cuttings from his ...

Last summer, while on the island of Oahu, I abandoned my wife and girls for most of the day and went on a plant quest. This happens a lot. The Sawdust Festival, an Angel’s game, Disneyland; they all ...

Loretta Osteen fell for plumerias on a family vacation to Hawaii 14 years ago. The luminous five-petaled flowers used in leis often snare tourists by their intoxicating fragrances, whether a ...

It’s always a treat to hear from a reader of the Get Growing column who is growing something unusual in his garden. Dennis Rees, of Rosebank, wrote to say he has been experimenting with some plumeria ...

If you’re looking for a tropical plant that can take the dry heat of our Mediterranean climate, visit your local nursery at this time of year and smell the sweet scent of plumerias. Often associated ...

HALEIWA, Hawaii (KHON2) — If you love plumeria, you have to check this place out. When you think of plumeria, you may be more familiar with the simple yellow or the white; but here at Little Plumeria ...

If you have plumeria in your landscape, you are enjoying the transformation of the ugly duckling plant to the lovely swan. My husband asked a few months ago why I was keeping “that ugly stick plant” ...

Considering the millions of plumeria leis that greet visitors to the Hawaiian Islands each year, you might assume that the plumeria is native to Hawaii but it is not. Back in the 1600s, French ...