Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A tour in the sweet light, 0 by AlohaHoya

AlohaHoya wrote:
Update: There are winter storms in the N. Pacific which bring nasty 'Kona' winds (SW and W) over the mt. at us. Our trees are braced against the Tradewinds...but their roots are so shallow, they haven't much resistance to the SW winds. Here are two trees that went over (we lost a total of 8)...Louise is where the roots were!!!. Note how shallow the root system is! Under Louise is solid lava and you can see the form of it in the bottom of the root ball. Wild, eh? The tree, Ohia Lehua, is approx. 10" in diameter...one of the oldest...over 100 years old! We cut the bushy top off the tree and then right it with the tractor...often they are saved.