Kauai Garden

ghues · Nov 4, 2016

I was fortunate to locate a bonsai garden here on holidays. I made an appointment with the owner to visit the garden but when I arrived this afternoon he had flown to the mainland on a family matter however, his gracious wife allowed me to observe the garden and take a few pictures. The photos are from my IPad and in the middle of the day so I had a difficult time trying to isolate them ( most trees are BIG some Huge).....plan to go back next week (perhaps later in the day) to get better shots and find out much more about this spectacular garden.

ghues · Nov 4, 2016

A few more.......

just.wing.it · Nov 4, 2016

Wow! cool!

ghues · Nov 4, 2016

Last set for now....hopefully I can update this with more photos and information next week, thanks for looking. I need to ask about the unique fertilizer stockings that I noted in some and what species some of these are (many junipers on lava rocks).....

Stickroot · Nov 4, 2016

Do you know what this is?

ghues · Nov 4, 2016

@Stickroot ".........no but maybe others can identify it......I'll try to identify all of them....the ficus and boogies are easy but there are many that I can't relate to being from the P N W lol.

Stickroot · Nov 5, 2016

ghues said:
@Stickroot ".........no but maybe others can identify it......I'll try to identify all of them....the ficus and boogies are easy but there are many that I can't relate to being from the P N W lol.

I believe it is a Brugmansia (Angels Trumpet) it sure is a massive stump!

ghues · Nov 5, 2016

A few more...

ghues · Nov 5, 2016

Last ones........ the first large ficus is huge and one can see the stocking rolls which I believe hold fertilizer (will confirm). There are lava rock walls on 3 sides of the garden....on some of the more shaded ones there are many orchids.

aframe · Nov 5, 2016

ghues said:
I was fortunate to locate a bonsai garden here on holidays. I made an appointment with the owner to visit the garden but when I arrived this afternoon he had flown to the mainland on a family matter however, his gracious wife allowed me to observe the garden and take a few pictures. The photos are from my IPad and in the middle of the day so I had a difficult time trying to isolate them ( most trees are BIG some Huge).....plan to go back next week (perhaps later in the day) to get better shots and find out much more about this spectacular garden.

I know this garden, it's in Poipu near 'Baby Beach'.

ghues · Nov 6, 2016

aframe said:
I know this garden, it's in Poipu near 'Baby Beach'.

@aframe - yes this might be the same one.

KayaMooney · Nov 6, 2016

Stickroot said:
Do you know what this is?View attachment 122279

99.9% sure that is Premna judging by the leaves and also the flowers which you can slightly see towards the right. Did the leaves have a rather stinky smell somewhat reminiscent of urine? Judging by the trunk it looks like a yamadori as well. Considering their native to Asia, I wonder if the tree was legally acquired.. Hmm.

KayaMooney · Nov 6, 2016

Stickroot said:
I believe it is a Brugmansia (Angels Trumpet) it sure is a massive stump!

No, Angels Trumpet does not have rounded leaves.. They are rather pointed at the tips. Not to mention you can see the flowers of another tree of the same species in the bottom right hand corner of the photo.

Here:

Doesn't look anything like Angels Trumpet flowers forming... Look up "Premna Flowers" and you will see.

Eric Group · Nov 7, 2016

There was a guy, I think his name is Sam, who used to post here from Hawaii... his stuff looked kind of similar, I don't think this is the same collection though.

ghues · Nov 7, 2016

Eric Group said:
There was a guy, I think his name is Sam, who used to post here from Hawaii... his stuff looked kind of similar, I don't think this is the same collection though.

Yes.......that's his garden.

KayaMooney said:
99.9% sure that is Premna judging by the leaves and also the flowers which you can slightly see towards the right. Did the leaves have a rather stinky smell somewhat reminiscent of urine? Judging by the trunk it looks like a yamadori as well. Considering their native to Asia, I wonder if the tree was legally acquired.. Hmm.

I have had many Angel trumpets and I didn't see any of them in his garden........Will visit the garden this week and try to get species names. Many things have travelled to HI from Asia....over the last few 100 years.

Stickroot · Nov 7, 2016

KayaMooney said:
No, Angels Trumpet does not have rounded leaves.. They are rather pointed at the tips. Not to mention you can see the flowers of another tree of the same species in the bottom right hand corner of the photo.

Here:
View attachment 122387

Doesn't look anything like Angels Trumpet flowers forming... Look up "Premna Flowers" and you will see.

Yes I see now. I do have some large Brugmansia, just didn't look that close.
I would like to have white ones as well, mine are peach ish colored.

Stickroot · Nov 7, 2016

Oops! Crap pic.

KayaMooney · Nov 7, 2016

Stickroot said:
Oops! Crap pic.View attachment 122455

Just don't put you face to close to the flowers

... I think I have a white one somewhere in the ground in my jungle of a yard. If you're really that interested I could root some cuttings for sale to you for a small price.

Stickroot · Nov 7, 2016

KayaMooney said:
Just don't put you face to close to the flowers ... I think I have a white one somewhere in the ground in my jungle of a yard. If you're really that interested I could root some cuttings for sale to you for a small price.

Haha! I stick my nose right in and inhale deep! No problems. I know they are toxic, but can't hurt me, lol.
I would be interested in a white cutting or two... Forsale or trade.
Thanks!

namnhi · Nov 7, 2016

Eric Group said:
There was a guy, I think his name is Sam, who used to post here from Hawaii... his stuff looked kind of similar, I don't think this is the same collection though.

No wonder why most of the trees look familiar. He was a poster here but haven't seen him for quite some time.

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