Many of us have them in our gardens and use the flowers to create lei for special occasions. Hundreds of plumeria cultivars exist. All are in the Apocynaceae or Dogbane family. Most of the family ...

Photographs by Haunani Miyasato In the following century, native plants became harder to find and lei makers increasingly relied on introduced plants like plumeria and jasmine (pīkake)—which ...

"I visited Hawaii in 1989, saw the plumeria there, and made a real spiritual connection," he said. "When the Hawaiian girl put a lei (made from plumeria flowers) around my neck, I fell in love ...

Origin: Tropical Brazil, Mexico and the Caribbean You know the long days of summer have arrived when the plumeria (Plumeria) is blooming. This tropical has a thick green trunk (or stem ...

Often associated with the Hawaiian Islands and leis, this drought-tolerant ... Keep the following tips in mind for growing plumeria: •Place plumerias in a warm location in full sun or light ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hundreds gathered in Downtown Honolulu on Friday afternoon to see the annual King Kamehameha statue lei draping ceremony. The event started at 3 p.m. with ...

Tee Ropati considered a plumeria lei at a roadside stand in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood Sunday afternoon. She was thinking ahead for a relative’s graduation from East Anchorage High ...