The Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is known in Hawaii as pikake. This lovely plant produces a fragrant white lei flower and makes a wonderful addition to a Hawaiian garden. Though likely native ...

“Hawaii observed all of the mainland holidays ... I took video of her stringing her first pikake lei at 3 and now at 6, she is learning how to care for the pikake plant she is growing in her ...

Hawaii is graced with four distinctive flower varieties. The single flower (pikake lahilahi) is the commercially propagated lei variety. A semidouble variety has elongated petals but is generally ...

Some of Pickoun’s early jobs in Hawaii were at flower and lei shops ... always fresh and fragrant and their service is always prompt. My favorites are the pikake lei, ginger lei and the double ...

“Hawaii observed all of the mainland holidays ... I took video of her stringing her first pikake lei at 3 and now at 6, she is learning how to care for the pikake plant she is growing in her ...

Females favor delicate and fragrant leis: micro-ginger blossoms or pikake, a Hawaiian jasmine. Tuberoses sell well because of their spicy-sweet scent. Men tend toward leis made from leaves from ...

Hawaiian music — and of course, lei. The event brings together longtime friends and lei lovers alike, like Aunty Pikake Enos of Kalihi. “I just love it love, love it to the max! It’s a ...

Hawaiians have been proudly carrying on the tradition of lei making for more than 1,000 years. Here's a firsthand look at the process.

Random House The success of the workshops, which she later brought to other Hawaiian islands ... used to make lei — bougainvillea, ginger, hibiscus, plumeria and pikake, a sweetly perfumed ...