How access works

Access to an important plant is two promises, and we try to keep both. The first is knowledge: every plant here comes with how to grow and propagate it, written plainly. The second is the plant itself: a lawful path to nursery-propagated stock, or an honest answer when there is not one.

We propagate. We never wild-collect. Every plant we would share is grown from cultivated stock, never dug, cut, or seed-collected from the wild, and never from protected or public land. That single rule is what keeps all of this lawful and worth doing.

We label honestly, down to the subspecies. For the native Hawaiian white hibiscus, federal protection attaches at the subspecies level, not the species. Calling an endangered subspecies by a loose common name is how a well-meaning sale becomes a violation, so we name the exact species and subspecies of anything we grow.

What we can share, and what we cannot. Unlisted plants and unlisted subspecies can be grown and shared as ordinary nursery stock. The federally endangered subspecies, such as *Hibiscus arnottianus* ssp. *immaculatus* and *Hibiscus waimeae* ssp. *hannerae*, are treated as permit-gated conservation stock, not open commerce, and never shipped across state lines without a USFWS permit obtained first.

Leaving Hawaii is its own gate. Any plant that ships off-island goes through USDA and Hawaii Department of Agriculture inspection first, with no soil on the roots. Some things simply cannot leave: fresh jade vine flowers, for one, are prohibited from leaving the islands, so we would ship the rooted, inspected plant, never the cut bloom.

Where this stands today. We are early. The propagation bench is being built and we do not have stock to hand out yet. For now, access is a conversation: tell us which plant matters to you, and we will tell you honestly whether and when it is reachable.