Photo: Aaron Yoshino Ali Minney and her family are third-generation owners of Malolo Farm in Kula, Maui. The farm offers seasonal arrangements and wholesale Protea flowers and plants to local florists ...

Sam and Tony Bayaoa operate Flowers by Kona Scent in Oceanside on Hawaii Island. For the past 17 years, they’ve grown thousands of bright red, yellow, and pink protea flowers on their two-acre ...

Young growth and flowers are particularly likely to be damaged. The effects of herbicides are also magnified by heat. This can obviously be helpful, but only if the chemicals are used carefully.

The protea family is primarily found south of the equator in Africa and Australia. It includes macadamia, banksias, grevilleas and stenocarpus.

Local Culture flowers at Hawaiian Festival in Puyallup By Drew Perine - Staff photographer April 4, 2015 5:49 PM ...