How the Garden Grows

As you have probably noticed from prior posts, I totally dig the plants here.
Last month Mark and I took a class on native plant propagation from local plant guru, Tim Tunnison. The guy knows his plants and seems to be a pretty righteous character all around.

The class brought my enthusiasm beyond ferns and ohi'a. I learned about some of the lesser known (at least to me) plants that should inhabit our native upper-elevation rain forest.

I ran out and got the recommended book, supplies for propagation (mainly little pots, cinder and peat moss), and have started a little nursery experiment.
So far, I have:
Pilo in transplants of two ages, a couple of small ones from the class and a few more from a friend;
Koa in keiki form from the class
Oha wai, also in keiki form and also from the class
Some variety of Hawaiian mint which, by the way, doesn't smell "minty" because it didn't need to ward off hungry buggers;
Mamaki which I am trying to grow from cuttings from one of our trees.

We'll see how they grow. At the very least, I'll have extra mulch material. If I'm lucky, I'll have native plants to add to our forest and to share with neighbors.

Here is the current collection. Teeny was helping.