The Garden Is Open

We go again into the garden to bring you some of the season's gifts. One cannot but be amazed that this is February and so much is blooming and thriving and marching toward the buildings!

Hundreds of potted plants in the propagation area

More agaves

These are lilies

Ah Jakfruits begin their journey to the breakfast table.

They are the world\

s largest fruit and can weigh in at over a hundred pounds.'

Orchid leaves

This one smells like chocolate called Sherry Baby

Piper betel vine

Tips of a bromeliad on the wall

Ivy on the wall

Wow! Orchids and Mint sounds like a luscious tropical drink

Near Nandi at the Kadavul entry

Guzmania also near Nandi

A small philodendron climbing the stone pillar by Nandi.

Bonsai looks like a small forest no?

Now that\

s a happy orchid!'

A happy cactus despite the heavy rainfall on Kauai.

A dykia waiting for us to just try touch!

An agave geminifolia we think in the rock garden looking like a creature from the deep.

Well-formed Agave in the Arid Garden

One of our favorites (wait monks don\

t have favorites right?). Thunbergia mysorensis from Mysore India. Never a day without a blossom on this vine. '

The little birds love to drink nectar from the yellow flowers.

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