Many of these plants are already popular in traditional Hawaiian lei making, including plumeria, stephanotis, crown flower, song of India, and ti leaf. “These plants are not only beautiful and ...

In Hawai‘i, lei are made with fragrant flowers, ti or spicy maile leaves ... and then dry them in a salad spinner or on a towel. Mature leaves have less tendency to wilt. If you make lei the day ...

It's heartbreaking that the next long lei the organization will likely make is for the people of Lahaina, Roberts said. Ti leaf lei are open-ended ropes twisted with the purple, green or cream ...