Shopping for poinsettia plants on Christmas Eve in Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, Hawai'i…read more.. A nice church lady mentioned to me that she used to buy poinsettia plants at Mariner's Cove many years ago - and this nursery had good prices! I used my Yelp app and searched Hawaii Kai for nurseries. I called Charles Nii Nursery, but they had closed in July 2025. I called Nii R & S Nursery. Their recording stated that they would be closing today at noon. We hurried over to that side of the island. Nii R & S Nursery wasn't too difficult to find. We parked in the front, but the worker told us to drive up the road to the end where the office is. Yes... it was a relatively long road with potholes and some unpaved stretches. There was a woman (Judy) who directed us to turn left towards the poinsettia plants... wow... there were a lot! The tall plants were $9 and the shorter ones were $7. Today, they were all $1 off! Tax included! After we selected our plants, Judy offered us wrappers (50 cents each) for the pots: gold, red, or green. We picked gold. Our plants looked great! They're healthy and sturdy! We hope they will last a long time! Note: Charles Niu Nursery is the cousin of this business!

We get our roses from here. Such a wonderful selection and quality. This is our most recent…read morepurchase- tea rose with pink petals and yellow bottom.

Landscaping work is not the kind of work most people get excited about but when you got to do it,…read moreyou gotta to do it. Manual labor is definitely not on my top list of favorite things to do. It is a chore and it is not my hobby. So the search for foliage and flowers begins after much procrastination on my part LOL. On this particular weekend, my landscaping work calls for more bougainvillea plantings. The idea is to fill in some bare patches around the existing bougainvillea tree beds and re-train the thorny branches to grow upward. Sounds easy until your first couple of cuts from the deluge of the ever-present thorns on those spiky branches. We looked at some local ads and didn't really know if we really wanted to buy imported bougainvilleas from the big box stores. Trying to "support local", so we called around to get some referrals. Off we went to Hawaii Kai Nursery because we were told the lady there specializes in bougainvilleas and nothing else. I recommend using GPS to find this nursery in the back area of Hawaii Kai's residential subdivision. Take caution as you drive through a very small, winding section of the 2-lane road. Thick walls of tall grass made a natural wall barrier, hence making visibility briefly limited. Upon arrival, we drove up to the property's only entrance and decided to park by the side of the fence since there wasn't a driveway nor a designated area for vehicles to park. When we passed through the metal gate, an elderly lady came out to greet us. We asked if she was Mary and she questioned us how we knew her name LOL. Told her we assumed she was the minute we saw her sign Mary's Bougainvilleas hung on the side of her fence. She chucked! The nicest and sweetest lady Mary seemed to be, and she was so genuine. First impression of the nursery revealed Mary's (nursery's owner) preference for bougainvilleas. Right at the center of the nursery stands a gorgeous white gazebo sporting lovely fuchsia bougainvillea flowers and vines completely wrapped around the charming square trellis. You can tell this masterpiece was lovingly groomed and manicured for years to look this stunning. A perfect backdrop for a wedding photo it would make. There are 4 different areas where you can see bougainvilleas about "knee high" tall (3-gallon pots) and they were all orderly lined up in many rows. All those bougainvilleas were blooming nicely and the colors so vibrant in the sun. Flowers of bright purple, delicate whites, California gold, almost neon fuchsia and peachy-orange hues covered the bougainvillea pots. I gravitated towards the orange, pink and fuchsia colors but there was one bougainvillea variety I've not previously seen: the Thai delight. This variety is attractive, delicate and very eye-catching with the pink edges on the top portion of the white flowers. Mary was very informative once she learned what we wanted and gave us specific trimming and caring instructions. More importantly, she made sure we understood what to expect from the plants and its growth is really dependent the particular variety. I would recommend anyone to check out Mary's Bougainvilleas if you're in the market for some ornamental "paper flowers". Her prices were super reasonable and her bougainvillea flowers looked so beautiful and healthy. I loved how she's so down to earth, genuine and she didn't try to hard sell us. We're planning to buy additional pots from Mary after discovering our garden could use a few more bougainvilleas.

The staff was amazing from the first phone call and explanation of the different types of garden…read morerocks. I am not a professional gardener, so they were so helpful in explaining things I know nothing about and they have a huge selection of different plants and gardening rocks. I'm really grateful I took the drive to this magical place. In fact, I wanna go back and pick up some more. They were also really good at explaining the different types of plants the environments they do best in and it was nice going out there because they have all these other products as well like cool Buddhas I'll definitely be back and good pricing. I'd rather support a local business than the mainland ones.

Great selection of plants! Good prices too. I bought some of the very pretty purple ground orchids…read moreand they are thriving after I transplanted them. I wish they had the yellow ones too. Will definitely be back for more. Buy local!

Omg you looking for outdoor plants this is by far the best place to shop on Oahu…read moreThey give you golf carts to drive over acres of plants to shop and pick up exactly what you are looking for

Very friendly staff and lots of plants others don't have. You can use a golf cart to pick up your…read moreplants and pay and load your vehicle. They help if needed.

Loved my visit to The Plant Place a nursery in beautiful Waimanalo. When you get there you notice…read morehow beautiful the Ko'olau's are! A piece of heaven on earth. Huge selection of affordable plants. A well kept and organized nursery. Elizabeth helped me find the plants I needed. Today was my second visit to this nursery and it won't be the last! Really looking forward to my next visit there.

Was searching different colored hibiscus that you CANT find in your local big box stores…read more Ended up with 4 colors I've seen on people's property that I couldn't find elsewhere The wife n I will be back

Will definitely be back! Thanks Gracie for providing exceptional customer service! Very warm,…read morefriendly, and made us want to continue to look for more plants LOL! Nice to engage with someone passionate about their work and agriculture!

Absolutely the best plant store on island! My husband has landscaped out entire yard with native…read moreplants from Sharon's, aided by the charming, joyful and incredibly knowledgeable Lopaka. The prices are affordable. The selection is vast. And even our kids love to come because Lopaka will drive them around in his golf cart. Da best!!

A very interesting place and exceptionally friendly ISAAC welcomed us to walk around and he'd be…read moreavailable for questions and prices. Situated way up a valley in the back of Hawaii Kai, the have a large amount of palms but mostly only the common varieties. ISAAC says the CRB is slowly moving onto other plants like bananas beside most palms trees now. I was able to score a COCOTHRINAX palm and small JATHROPHA podagrica, which I love for it's fat caudex and amazing orange flowers, both at relatively good prices. There are two other NUII nurseries we stopped at on this trip, which were disappointing but if in the area I'd certainly go back to Tropical Tree anytime.

I was looking for some Bird of Paradise and other sun-thirsty plants, so I immediately went to Nii…read moreNursery because I live in Hawaii Kai. Nii was closed so I continued down the road and found this place. I am so glad I did! They had an amazing assortment of trees and plants on their property. I parked in their parking lot and started to walk around to check out what they had. I was immediately met by one of the owners and he asked me if he could help me find what I was looking for. I picked out a couple of large plants, and they loaded them into my truck for me. Great service and prices! I'll definitely be back.

I'm so glad I found this place! The owner is genuinely a sweet lady and will help you to choose…read moreplants that are right for your home environment. I'm definitely coming back to support this local business.

Friendly staff, beautiful plants and it's so well organized! My family loves coming here for our…read moreplants-and they are so healthy and do so well. It's the best place to get your plants! Great selection of fruit trees/vines, succulents, cactus, decorative plants, ti, pretty much anything you can think of.

The selection variety of succulents is impressive along with being one of the few succulent growers…read moreon the island. The price for small two inch pot was $3 as of this writing which is cheaper than what you can find in town as they are the growers/caretakers. Lynn (I think that is how you spell her name) is great. She is very customer service oriented and will only sell you the best that she has. You can pre-order how many succulents you want for events and she will set them aside/take care of them for you until the day of your event. She is also very knowledgeable about the plants and in general has a good energy and easy to talk to. The location is behind a gated area, so you need to call the number to get in. She takes cash, credit card (for a fee), and Venmo for payment. Overall, I love that I was able to support this small business and get quality succulents for my events. Mahalo!

Mahalo nui loa for my new succulent, Bruno! Thank you for giving your time and expertise in how to…read moretake care of him. Your support, through action, for our community is cherished!

Wholesale Unlimited Inc. was founded in 1965 when Betty Nagamoto initially sold beef jerky to local…read morebars and markets from the trunk of her car. The warehouse is located in Waipahu and they now have six locations under "Wholesale Unlimited Express" throughout Oahu. This location in Honolulu is in a small plaza with a small amount of parking. Although the shop is small, they have a variety of Hawaii snacks including many with li hing powder. There were even a lot of snacks here that I found in Japan which was amazing to see so I grabbed a lot of those. Comparing these prices to other stores around the island, we found that Wholesale Unlimited was the best bang for our buck. The worker (I never got her name) was so friendly! We were chatting about some of her favorite snacks and we got to sample some as well.

My friend gave me this Japanese milk candy that was so good. She said she got it from here. I had…read moreto get some of my own. I entered the store and the saleswoman was stocking the shelves. She asked if I needed any help. I showed her the candy that I was looking for. She pointed it out to me. I grabbed a bag $4.25. I also saw the Betty's Best cookies. I had to pick up one of those. I got the 8oz. chocolate chip arare $6.75. I love that these cookies are crunchy. They also sell seed, dried seafood and many other snacks.