World Gardens in a Flash

One of the best ways to learn about gardening is to visit some of the best in the world. The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is a somewhat expensive outing at $15 per person for entry, it does provide many hours of delightful experiences and many, many colorful tropical shrubs, plants, ground covers and trees.

This picture taken at the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden shows some of the amazing combinations of tropical flower, tropical leaves, tropical ground cover, tropical upper story trees, and tropical shrubs that are placed dramatically throughout the gardens. Note how the varigation on the shrub leaves matches the nearby tropical flowers. Note how the blooming tropical flowers at the top of the plant look airy and light pink while the tropical ground cover is in muted purples.

The use of space in the Hawaii Tropical Botanical garden is also amazing. When the gardeners planted the tropical shrubs they left spacing that entices the eye to the background tropical bushes and draws the eye up to the upper story tropical trees. Note how the play of sun on the tropical shrubs show that space above was allowed and maybe even pruned to help the understory shrubs grow to their best color and size.

Besides providing a shady escape from the Tropical Hawaiian sun, Hawaiian Tropical Botanical gardens provides an uphill and downhill walk, interludes to sit and relax beside lily pad filled ponds, trickling streams, glimpses of seashore, and many glorious plants.

The Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is open from 9am to 5pm everyday, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, with Garden admissions ending at 4pm. This self-guided tour takes an average of about an hour and a half. The walking distance is just over a mile, round trip.

Admission for a day is $15 for adults, children ages 6 - 16 are $5. Children under 6 are free

If you visit the website, expect to find many more pictures and the chance to buy tropical plants online. See Care Tips for the Winter Gardener of Tropical Plants if you’d like to create a tropical have in your home using a greenhouse.

[1] Big Island of Hawai’i by Robert Nilson, Moon Handbooks

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