I know that many of the plants you can see in Hawaii and especially at botanical gardens of the islands are not native to Hawaii, and that even those that are or could grow there on their own wouldn’t have been represented that densely in their natural habitat. But that’s the beauty of botanical gardens. The set below are pictures of leaves that I took within a couple of hours of walking in the Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve & Garden – a privately established, created and run non-profit botanical garden.
I have many more pictures from this visit, but I had to stop at some point. I’ll share more in my upcoming posts on other topics.
Images: My own
Undina's Looking Glass 
These are beautiful! I can imagine a quilt just made up of leaf images. Cool!
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I wanted to put them next to each other: I think it’s more impressive than a slide show.
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Those are fascinating patterns. I particularly like the orange leaves that look like ruffles – don’t think I’ve seen them before in the flesh.
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It’s a ram’s horn croton. I was also amazed by it.
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Stunning plants. I love botanical gardens. The one in Mauritius with giant lily pads was pretty great.
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I visited many in different countries, and I liked all of them. But tropical ones are especially colorful.
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We have only been to Hawaii once. Absolutely stunning. I had a friend from CA tell me – just go to the Caribbean, it’s the same. I beg to differ – there is something unique about Hawaii!
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I’ve never been to Caribbean (too far), so I can’t compare. What I like about Hawaii is that it’s the US: I feel more comfortable vacationing there.
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The variation is so beautiful!
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Nature might be stunning.
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Thanks for sharing these excellent photos. I am thinking of growing coleus next year, and even in the Midwest, we can grow elephant ears if one takes the bulb or pot indoors over the winter. This post is luring me on to pursue this. :) And what a great picture of Rusty.
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Thank you! I enjoyed sharing them. Those leaves are so beautiful! (And so is Rusty :) ).
I am thinking about trying to grow some of those plants myself – even though I have absolutely no abilities to keep them alive :)
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WOW! Those purple leaves are so gorgeous Undina. LOVE purple in leaves, always so unexpected.
Portia xx
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True. We don’t expect that color in leaves, those are rather flowers colors. Beautiful! And I like green & purple combination.
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Yes, me too.
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Love an interesting leaf. Wish I had such attractive foliage in my garden!
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Me too! I’m even trying to do something towards that (not that I suddenly developed a green thumb ;) ).
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