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San Diego Zoo
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| Balboa Park Gardens and Zoological Park at San Diego |
Hawaiian Native Plant Demonstration Garden
Hardiness Zone Ranges 9a (highest altitudes) - 13a (lower altitudes)
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Cabbage on a Stick (Brighamia), Red Leaf Cordyline growing in lava rock.
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The tree, Hawaiian koa (Acacia koa) is used for guitar constuction. You can read about my tour of Taylor Guitar in California at this link.
Plumeria, the flower used to make Hawaiian lei's is grown in Hawaii but is not native to the island, The plumerias are indigenous to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and north as Florida.
Resources
- Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and S. H. Sohmer. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants ofHawai`i, revised edition with supplement by Wagner, W. L. and D. R. Herbst. University of Hawaii Press, 1919 pp. in 2 volumes. (Bishop Museum Special Publication 97)
- Palmer,D.D. 2003. Hawai`i's Ferns and Fern Allies. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
- Native Plants of the Hawaiian Islands