A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants

by John L. Culliney and Bruce P. Koebele

Hawai'i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824821769
• ISBN13: 9780824821760
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Good, I guess

I guess the book is good. Bought it for a college class but ended up dropping class so I never read it.

A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Pl

This was an excellent book. It really showed people how to germinate, grow, and care for the native plants of Hawaii. After two centuries of gardens being full of exotics that escape and take over the native forests, it's time to start bringing the natives back into the cities. This book really shows how to do this in a quick and easy way.