Growing Native Hawaiian Plants: A How-To Guide for the Gardener [Paperback]

Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2005

Horticulturist and gardening columnist Heidi Bornhorst provides practical advice for growing 75 plants-33 of them new to this edition. A section on basic techniques includes growing plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, fertilizing, pruning, and water gardening. Sections on ground covers, grasses and sedges, shrubs, vines, trees, and ferns explain the care and use of individual plants and describe each plant's importance in Hawaiian culture. Photos illustrate the features of the plants and their use in the landscape

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst is Landscape Director for the Hale Koa Hotel and runs a horticultural consulting business that specializes in landscaping with native Hawaiian plants and xeriphytic landscapes. She writes a gardening column for the Honolulu Advertiser, and her television feature "The Morning Garden" sppears on the early morning news on KITV Channel 4.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Bess Press; Revised edition (April 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573062073
• ISBN-13: 978-1573062077
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #666,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for someone starting out with Hawaiian Plants, May 14, 2005

By 

Tanu - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Native Hawaiian Plants: A How-to Guide for the Gardener (Paperback)

I have read a previous review from an experienced landscape designer stating that this book was better for a novice, which is exactly what I am. I don't know much about landscaping and design but I am an avid weekend gardener, and I found this book helpful.

The book is broken up into the following sections: basic propagation advice, ground covers, shrubs, vines, trees and ferns.

In each section, there are detailed information about specific plants. For instance, under the Trees section, there is information about the Ohi'a Lehua plant. This book really helped me learn how to care for a lehua tree. I went on-line and tried to find more details on exactly how to care for the lehua but didn't find anything satisfactory. The book is very detailed and had wonderful pictures. It tells you what family the lehua is from, the scientific name, where it comes from, how to propagate with various methods (whether by seed or air-layering), how to water, fertilize, transplant, potting, landscape use, pests and other uses, such as using the blossom in leis, flower arrangements, and Hawaiian legends and proverbs involving the lehua.

I don't see any other Hawaiian Plant book that is more comprehensive than this one on the market, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Growing native Hawaiian plants, August 25, 2008

By 

Geri Hallman (chicago,IL) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Growing Native Hawaiian Plants: A How-To Guide for the Gardener (Paperback)

I enjoy this book because I am going to try to grow from seed many healing plants native to hawaii so I won't have to travel so far to get them when I need them.

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, January 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Growing Native Hawaiian Plants: A How-to Guide for the Gardener (Paperback)

A little background about myself to preface my comments. I am a landscape architect with over twenty years experience, with degrees in horticulture and landscape archtitecture. On cursory review, it is a very basic book of "how to" with some plant history, potential uses and growing recommendations. The book discusses forty plants; 9 ground cover plants, 12 shrubs, 3 vines, 12 trees, and 7 ferns.The basic stuff are common, general information. For the landscape professional, it is weak. For the novice, it would be helpful starting point, particularly if you are designing with local plants. The book does not go into much detail about anything. Hindsight, I would pay the extra money and buy the book with more information, plants, history and plant "meaning".