Cool Pineapples

On Saturday, we went back out to Waimanalo to get some more plants for our home. We tried to take in a couple more nurseries we haven't checked out yet. One of those had a very large selection of fruit trees and pineapples in particular. Having planted our proverbial 'roots', it has been the absolute best time going out to find the plants we want to cultivate. Although we didn't purchase any pineapples (and these were ornamental), they are some really cool plants!

Plant Hunting on Saturday

We have been getting the itch to change out the landscaping in our backyard, so we took a trip out to Waimanalo to checkout more of the nurseries. We found ones that had water lilies and humor... Others had some really cool trees, the opportunity to teach the kids how to drive (they pushed golf carts on us - and I taught the kids how to drive it), some really loud chickens and cool views of the mountains. I only took a few pictures at this place... And then we hit another shop and found more cool plants. The kids were hungry so we headed into Kailua. Wouldn't you know it, another nursery where Noe and I found more succulents!!! I think I've figured out why I like succulents so much - they are like the land versions of coral... more on this later.

Paul's Boutique

On the way down to Port Charlotte, we stopped by my cousin Paul's house to check out his garden. La went into garden envy - getting dragged around for 13 years with me in the Navy, La has not had the opportunity to grow the garden she has wanted (which turned out to be exactly what Paul had in the ground). This definitely increased the incentives for moving further south - especially the plumerias.