Once Again Hawaii
"Honestly, I'm not into this artsy fartsy flower crap, but my friend Jennifer C. is into that, so one bright Sunday afternoon I told my friend that I would take her into Waimanalo to look at some of this flowery stuff that she was looking for.Located on a back road in Waimanalo, you can find this business called - "Once Again Succulents".I must say, finding this flower/plant store could be rather difficult if you don't have access to a GPS device............believe me, as you drive to look for this business, you'll end up eventually driving on some dirt road until you find this flower/plant farm.Once you find this place, I must say this flower/plant farm sure has some cute artsy fartsy flowery stuff, and the lady who works here (I think her name was Lynn), sure knows her plants, and was very knowledgeable & friendly!My friend had to have her ceramic pots drilled out (they can do that for you for a nominal fee), and she also picked up a few succulent plants. Looks like these succulent plants don't require a lot of water (which it is good thing) especially if you're a person who doesn't have too much time to water plants. Lol!The nice thing about coming here is if you have a large party or something, and wanna make cool small party favors with a succulent plant, they have it here, and they will sell it to you in bulk.This business - "Once Again Hawaii" promotes recycling containers for plants, and I must say they do a wonderful job with recycling, and growing really nice looking plants. Follow them in da Gram - https://www.instagram.com/onceagainhawaii/?hl=en"
Happy Plants Nursery
"Visited this little nursery a while back plant-shopping in Waimanalo. If you are a plant lover, you need to make a stop here! I actually drove right by this nursery but the sign beckoned me to turn around as I was in need of a passion fruit plant. I recently learned some species of passion fruit need two plants to make any kind of fruit. I was wondering why my large passion fruit vine loaded with flowers had no fruit! Well if I had known that, I would have purchased two plants a year ago!The drive on the rocky dirt road felt like an adventure! I was hoping no other cars were coming my way because I'd probably have to reverse to a clearing if that was the case, but there were no other people. I was the only one there that day and it was like driving onto a little magical oasis of plants and pets. I was greeted by a really cute rooster that looked like it was wearing a vest. Too bad I didn't get a picture of him. He was cute. I loved watching him walk up and down the driveway. He didn't strut like a regular rooster, he kind of teetered on either leg, like a penguin.The owner of the nursery, Lena, came out to greet me with her pretty smile and hospitality. There were all kinds of citrus trees, plain and fancy. She had gorgeous hibiscus for sale too! As for the passion fruit, she only had one plant that was pretty small, but she just gave it to me after she told me it was a bit too small to sell. That was super nice of her! I purchased a red habanero pepper from Lena as I'm a lover of hot stuff. Aside from lovingly tending to her many fruit trees, plants, flowers and shrubs, she also tends to one of her many rescue pets, from dogs to cats to roosters, so drive super slowly if you come to visit. I believe her days of operation were Thurs - Sun, but I am not sure if I remembered correctly as it's been a while since I visited. Call ahead. Bring cash. Close your doors, trunks and roll up your windows so the cat doesn't hitch a ride with you (he jumped into my trunk). Don't forget the bug spray for the mosquitos....and drive slowly!"
