Flowers in Hawaii
10 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Hawaii, the United States.
Plumeria
Fragrant tropical tree with waxy, five-petaled flowers in many colours
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Flowering tree
Decoration
Banmi Shofu-ryū晩美生風流
A modern school of Japanese Ikebana known for its use of driftwood
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Arrangement
Decoration
Lei
A garland or necklace of flowers, leaves, or shells given to honor or celebrate
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Garland or wreath
MaileAlyxia stellata
A fragrant Hawaiian vine used in lei and local tradition
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower
Globe amaranthGomphrena globosa
A round-flowered annual grown for its lasting, colorful blooms
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 more · Wildflower
Crown flowerCalotropis gigantea
A tall shrub with waxy white or lavender flowers and milky sap
🇮🇳 India and 8 more · Flowering shrub
Gardenia
A fragrant white-flowered shrub from tropical regions worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Metrosideros
A Pacific genus of trees and shrubs with vivid flowers
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 5 more · Flowering tree
KouCordia subcordata
A coastal flowering tree with orange blooms and buoyant fruit
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Ti plantCordyline fruticosa
A tropical shrub with vivid leaves, used across the Pacific for ritual and food
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Maile: David Eickhoff, CC BY 2.0, source
- Plumeria: Renesis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gardenia: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banmi Shofu-ryū: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Crown flower: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lei: possibly Fernando Le Bleux, Public domain, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Metrosideros: Kahuroa, Public domain, source
- Kou: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ti plant: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source