ʻO nā mea kanu maikaʻi loa me nā pua ʻeleʻele a me nā lau

ʻO ka kala ʻeleʻele wale nō ka mea i hiki ʻole ke loaʻa i nā mea kanu lāʻau. A, aia paha, ʻo ia ke kumu o ke ʻano like me nā lau me nā lau a me nā ʻupu pua ʻoi e like me ka hoʻokalakupua i ke ʻano ʻalani. E like me nā mea āpau, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia lākou e like me ka mea kupaianaha a pīhoihoi. A, ʻae, i nā mea kanu i ʻeleʻele e like me ka pō ke ʻalike ʻia o nā pōʻeleʻele o ke poni, uliuli, a me ka poni, ko lākou nani a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻuhane ʻuhane i piha loa iā lākou. Ke kāohi nei i ka nānā ākea a me ka leʻaleʻa, ua hoʻohālikelike maoli nā mea kanu me nā hoalauna ʻē aʻe a he mau mele makaʻiwahine maoli a i nā helu nui a liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ka mokulele Ophiopogon pana-pana "Nigrescens" i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka māla pua pua. © egardengo

ʻO ka hoʻokalakupua kūikawā o nā mea kanu laka

ʻO nā mea kanu i paʻi ʻia ma nā wahiʻeleʻele o nā anuanu a me nā ʻoluʻolu o ke kiko, a ʻoiai nā ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi o ke ʻano a me nā nuances o nā kala, ʻo ia ke ʻano like i ka mahina i loko o ka māla e like me ka ʻeleʻele i ka paleta o ka mea kiʻi. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hoihoi a me ka manaʻo pohihihi e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ka hanaʻeleʻele o ka pō, ma kahi ʻano māla hika ʻole i lilo i ka maka, hoʻowahāwahā ʻole a me he ʻōhumu pōpilikia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻike maoli ʻia kēia mau ʻokoʻa ākea ma waena o kahi ʻulaʻula uliuli, ke aniani-lilac a ʻulaʻula paha me ka ʻeleʻele maoli e hāʻawi nei i nā mea kanu ke hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi ʻia. ʻO nā lau lau a me nā pua nani wale nō ka mea e hoʻowalewale i nā maka o kekahi a e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻoe i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻole ʻana o nā aniani a me ke ʻano kūlike o ke kala. ʻO ka ʻeleʻele o ka ʻāhā i ka ʻalani, a i ʻole ʻoneʻele ia o ke kala o nā mea kanu lāʻau e huli i kēlā me kēia, ʻo ka moʻomeheu makamae loa i loko o kahi hōkū maoli. A hiki ʻole hiki ke mahalo i ka nani o nā lau a me nā pua. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā kala ʻeleʻele loa i ke kūpaʻa o ka māla lau a me nā mea ʻalani a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, nā ʻulaʻula like ʻole, nā aniani, ʻaʻole wale ia o nā kiʻi ākea, akā hoʻohālike pū me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i nā mea kanu kanu. ʻO nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā lau a me nā pua ʻulaʻula like he ʻano o ka climax, nā koikoi ikaika loa, a he hopena maoli nō ia i ka poʻe malihini kipa. A ua hōʻike maoli kēia mea ʻuhane pohihihi me ka manaʻo ʻole o ka nui a me ke ʻano, ʻano a me ka paʻakikī o ka pānaʻi o ka māla. A ma nā moena pua, a ma nā moena pua, a ma nā māla palakala nani, a ma ke kīkohu potted, ua hoʻohālikelike nui nā mea kanu i ka nānā ʻana i nā mea a pau.

ʻO nā nuances o kahi kala ʻeleʻele

ʻO nā ʻano aniani o nā pua a me nā lau ʻāhinahina like ʻeleʻele i loko o nā mea kanu lāʻau ua mamao loa i ka palena ʻole i hoʻokahi ʻāpana hoʻokahi: hiki i nā kala ke hoʻokūkū i ka ʻeleʻele i ko lākou mau maka he nui i ka puka ʻana i nā hōkū ʻoihana. ʻOkoʻa ka waihoʻoluʻu o kēlā me kēia lāʻau. ʻO kā lākou hāʻawi ʻia e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi moʻomeheu me kahi ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a like me nā aniani ʻeleʻele o nā kala i hiki ke nānā ʻia, i mea e hoʻopiʻi nui ʻia ai, nā pana a me nā aniani. Ke koho ʻana i nā mea kanu ʻeleʻele, pono e noʻonoʻo i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka ʻulaʻula, ka uliuli, ka uliuli, uliuli, ʻeleʻele a me nā poni uliuli nui, no ka mea, ʻo nā pua ʻeleʻele a me nā lau ua nui ke ʻano o ka ʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ka hoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula.

Hāʻawi ka papahele o ka papahele i ka lokomaikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makana ka ʻili, akā hiki i ka hiʻona. No laila, i loko o nā pīpī, ʻo ia ka palapala o nā petals ke hana i ke kala i loko ʻoniʻoni.

Blackberry 'black' 'Eva "(Sambucus nigra' Eva '). © hoʻomālamalama

ʻOiai ke kūpono o nā mea kanu me ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e noho mau ana i nā mea ulu maoli o ka māla, ʻo ka nui o nā ʻano hua like me ke ola ʻana a ʻo kēlā me kēia makahiki i kēia mau ʻano hou e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke lawe mai i ka leʻaleʻa kūleʻele i loko o kou māla. ʻO ka nui o nā mea kanu me kahi waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele, kahi kokoke loa i ka ʻeleʻele, he mau ʻaka paha, a i ʻole nā ʻano like ʻole i loaʻa ke koho lōʻihi. Hōʻike ʻia nā poʻomanaʻo maikaʻi o nā soloist kīlepa e nā ʻano koho like ʻole, kēlā me kēia i lilo i hanana maoli a manaʻo maoli. E ʻike mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa, me ke aloha i hana ʻia a no nā mea kanu koʻikoʻi hiki iā ia ke lawe i nā kolo hohonu loa o nā pua a me nā lau e kokoke loa i ke kīleʻomaʻo i ka māla, kokoke loa.

ʻO 11+ nā "hōkū" hoʻolālā i ka māla

1. ʻO ka lāʻau wig i hiki ʻole ʻia

No nā mackerel maʻamau ka undervalued shrubs e hoʻomaka wale nei i nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā māla. Akā ʻo ke kūlana o kahi lāʻau kūlike a ʻaʻole pīhoihoi kupanaha o nā nui nui, ʻo kēia nani o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa e hōʻike iā ia iho kekahi o nā mea hilinaʻi nui loa. ʻOi aku, hiki Palapala kala, a i ole Mackerel maʻamau (ʻO coggygria o Cotinus) aia nā ʻano like a me nā hiʻohiʻona puka e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka mea kanu momona aloha a me ko lākou nani. ʻO nā poʻe aloha o nā lau ʻeleʻele, e hoʻopuka ana i nā aniani ʻeleʻele i loko o ka mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, pono e mālama i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o kēia shrub "Royal Purple". Hoʻomoʻa ʻia ʻo Matte, kokoke i nā lau ākea i loko o kahi hue ʻulaʻula ʻeleʻele, no ka mea, ma mua o ka pua, ua like ka ʻike ʻole o ka scoopia. ʻO ka papa ʻeleʻele, mālamalama, ʻulaʻula o nā lau ʻōpio ke kuhikuhi wale i ka nani o ka lei poʻo. Me ka ʻoluʻolu o ke kala pū ʻoniʻoni ʻoni poni.

Nā makika ʻiliʻili 'Royal Purple' (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'). © Zoran Radosavljevic

Nā makika ʻiliʻili 'Royal Purple' (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'). © ʻO Carl Lewis

Nā makika ʻiliʻili 'Royal Purple' (Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'). © Kākau Uila

2. aneane pale ʻeleʻele

ʻO kekahi o nā nani a nani loa, i ʻike ʻia i ke ʻano ʻulaʻula ʻōpiopio o ka puʻu saturated kaʻili, hiki ke lawe ʻia i ke kala ʻeleʻele maoli, he ʻano o ʻO nā hewa o wittrock aiʻole nā māla ʻehā (ʻO Viola wittrockiana) - kēlā mau pākaukau like ʻole. Ma keʻano like, ʻelua mau ʻano o kēia mau māla kiha i lilo i hōkū: "Black Moon" a me "Molly Sanderson". ʻOluʻolu maikaʻi lākou i ka moena pua a i nā ipu, nā palupalu pua nani. Akā pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ia mau mea kanu ma ke koho pono ʻana i ke kaiapuni a waiho i nā lāʻau miniature i nā wahi kaulana loa o ka mua. Pono ko lākou liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i kahi ala kūpono e like me nā loiloi koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka pelepele ʻeleʻele o nā pua e hana i nā panie i mea leʻaleʻa, palupalu a me ka nani (ʻoiai, aia wale i ke ʻano).

Violet Wittroka, a i ʻole Viola Wittroka "ʻUle Wale" (Viola wittrockiana ʻ Blackleʻele 'Black)

ʻO Violet Wittroka, a i ʻole Viola Wittroka "Molly Sanderson" (Viola wittrockiana 'Molly Sanderson'). © kālepa

3. ʻO ka nui o nā mallow

Me ka saturation a me ka hopena o nā petals pōkole ʻeleʻele i nā violets, hoʻokahi wale nō moʻomeheu hiki ke hoʻokūkū Ua ala a ʻula (Rose Alcea) ʻano "Nigra". ʻO kēia kekahi o nā loea kaulana o ka mallow i waena o nā māla o ka honua a puni, kahi kokoke e like me ka emerald waiho i ka hoʻohālikelike like me nā ʻeleʻele nui, nā pua gramophone nui, kahi paʻakikī e hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻono maoli. Keena manuahi - kūleʻa a me ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe o nā hāliʻi kiʻekiʻe, ʻike maopopo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa o nā ʻano makahiki āpau. He mea nui loa kēia ʻano i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o nā moena pua me ka paleta ʻoneki a kūpono hoʻi no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā loina ʻeleʻele i kā nā modern and expressionist ensembles. Maikaʻi ʻoiʻi ka mallow manu ma nā paia i loko o nā paia a me nā pā, akā, ma nā mahina pua.

Stockroza "Nigra" (Alcea rosea 'Nigra'). © kākomi

4. "Mālama" mau lā

Hiki ke loaʻa wale kekahi mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i waena o ka māla kiʻekiʻe a me nā pālua Lileinikov (Hemerocallis) ʻO ka mana "Black Angus" ʻanoʻokoʻa me nā petals black-black petals a me ka pharynx lemon maʻalahi e hiki ke hoʻokūkū i ka saturation kala me ka ʻāpala-ʻulaʻula uliuli ʻulaʻula "Black Widow". ʻAʻole paʻa ka heluna o nā lā ʻeleʻele e waiho iā lākou:

ka ʻano manuahi "Black Panther" me nā petals corrugated petipiki me kahi kukui melemele lāwaliwali hihi-vein maʻamau no mākou, akā pono ia e ʻimi;
ʻoluʻolu manuahi ʻulaʻula, me kahi pharynx ahi liʻiliʻi, nā ʻano "Black Emanuelle" e kahaha me ka mana o ka greenery a me ka helu o peduncles;
ʻāpono ke kala-ʻulaʻula me nā ʻāpana ʻoniʻoni o ʻAmelika "pono" e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā nane o ke kala a no ka ulu wikiwiki;
paʻakikī ke loaʻa i kahi lā nui makaʻala nui i ka poʻokeʻo no ka hoʻolālā ʻenehana ma mua o nā ʻano Chimney Sweep e kū nei me nā petals;
ʻOiai i hoʻonani ʻia nā pua o ka lālani o ka Indigo Velvet lahilahi me nā leʻaleʻa maikaʻi loa i ke aniani o nā alula i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, hiki ke koho ʻia i ke ʻano ʻeleʻele.

Daylily "Algebra of Darkness" (Hemerocallis 'Algebra of Darkness)). © Curt Hanson

5. Hoʻokomo ʻia me nā pua waicolor-ʻeleʻele

ʻO ka ʻumi ʻauhau kekahi i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻeleʻeleʻele. Nā hoʻohalike (Iris) nā ʻano "Black Madonna". He hiʻohiʻona maoli kēia o ka nani o ka pua, ʻo ia kahi luhi ʻaʻole wale wale nō i ke kala, akā, no ke kumu kūʻai nui. Loaʻa ia ma ke kūʻai aku a paʻa loa a lilo i nā ʻano ʻohi o kēia mau punahele. ʻO kona kala, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻeleʻele piha, akā me ka shimmering mai ke aniani a ka ultramarine, e hoʻololi nei i nā kūlana a me ka mālama a me nā ʻano like ʻole i kēlā me kēia inflorescence. Akā inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hālāwai me ka "Black Madonna", mai wikiwiki e huhū. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā mea nani i nā pua iris i ke aniani ʻulaʻula ʻia e nā ʻano ʻoi aku ka nui. Hoʻopili ʻia ka uhi ʻana i nā mea i loko o kā lākou pua i lilo i mea maoli ʻo ia kekahi mea kūʻokoʻa. A ʻo kēia hopena ka ʻoi loa aku i ka pīhoihoi ma muli o ka ʻike ʻono ʻekeʻeke o ka ʻeleʻele i waena o ka māla kūlane e hana ana i kēlā me kēia mea kanu i kahi hoʻokiʻekiʻe maoli o ka hōʻiliʻili.

Nā ʻano ʻāpana ʻokoʻa o ke kala ʻeleʻele e like me ke ʻano o nā ʻuhane e like me:

ke kiʻekiʻe, me ka ʻulaʻula a me nā beards a uliuli "Black Butte";
pinepine ka ʻoi i ka ʻeleʻele o ka ʻeleʻele a pau, "Ma mua o ke Kahi";
no laila, ʻokoʻa nā ʻano ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele "Black Suited";
ʻano laulā maikaʻi loa me ka cro-black "Dracula's Kiss";
ʻeleʻele me ka hōʻano papa ʻulaʻula "Men men";
poni-ʻulaʻula "iris" The Magic Black ".

ʻO Iris 'Dracula's Kiss' (Iris 'Dracula's Kiss'). © ladedacreations

Iris 'Black Suited' (Iris 'Black Suited'). © Betty

Iris 'Black Butte' (Iris 'Black Butte'). © Elladan

6. Kāleʻeleʻeleʻele ʻono kala

Hiki i ka Geraniums ke kapa maluhia ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa no nā perennials i nā ʻōlelo o ka ʻano like ʻole o ka lau. Akā i waena o kēlā mau leʻaole paʻakikī a paʻakikī paha e hiki ke hoʻonani me ka nani o nā pihi ʻaukā o nā papa lau i nā ʻoliʻoli hauʻoli, aia kekahi hōkū kūikawā ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka waihoʻoluʻu maoli. Nā māla geranium (Nā Geranium) ʻAʻole like nā loea "Chocolate Candy" i loko o nā katalike, akā ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei lākou i ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me ke kūlana o kahi mea kanu kūikawā. ʻO nā pua pua ʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi e like ka porcelain, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia i mea e ʻike pono ai i ka nani o kona mau ʻulaʻula uliuli, me nā kaʻe wai kūlohelohe o nā kala mai ka poni a i ka ink, nā mea maoli i ka uila ma ka mea kanu ma lalo o ka lā. Hana ʻia i kēia geranium i mea e hoʻowalewale ai i nā mea pena kiʻi wai, a kahaha maoli i kēlā me kēia lā.

Garden geranium "Kālepa Kūleʻa" (Geranium x antipodeum 'Chocolate Candy'). © Geoff

7. sedum non-standard

ʻO kekahi mea kanu lāʻau pilikino ʻoihana Nā helehelena maʻamau (Sedum telephium), ke hoʻohanohano nei hoʻi i ka hele mai o kahi ʻano kūikawā me ka ʻoni ʻeleʻele. ʻO nā lau nui a me nā lau o ka stonecrops o nā ʻano Matrona e hōʻike me kahi lilac-red hue a hoʻohālikelike pono ʻia me nā lau papa no ka stonecrop. A me nā kolana, ʻo ke kala o ke aniani wale nō nā kala, ʻoiai nā ʻeleʻele hoʻi ma mua o nā lau, nā pedicels a me nā hua, e hoʻomaikaʻi wale i ka hopena ink o kēia mea kanu.

8. Kaapili Opihiophone

ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻala maikaʻi loa o nā ʻeleʻele ʻokoʻa me nā lau. ʻO ke poʻo hiʻona Ophiopogon a i ʻole Ophiopogon flat-bore kiki "Nigrescens" (ʻO kahi planiscapus Ophiopogon) ʻAʻole hiki ke kapa ʻia kēia mea kanu i ka cereal kaulana loa, akā ma nā ʻano o ka hoʻonaninani a me nā talena hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hakonehloa. Inā kanu ʻoe iā ʻoe i loko o kou māla, ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ia me ka ʻole o ka māla nani, a i ʻole ka mea hoʻonaninani o nā ʻano pua o kēia ʻano opiopogon piha pua pua. ʻO nā lau uliuli uliuli, e like me ke kāhea ʻana i nā aniani o ka pō o ka pō, ʻano like me kahi hina hina i ka lōʻihi, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka aniani i ka kala, ʻōpala o nā ʻano ke nānā maikaʻi nā mea a hoʻokahi a me nā ʻāpana. Hoʻokomo nā Ophiopogonians i nā accent textular luhua a hoʻokumu i kahi ʻāina palena ʻole no nā mea kanu māla pua nani. ʻAʻole he mea kupanaha i kēia lā ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa no ka ulu ʻana o nā māmona pua nani me ka hau-keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula paha i ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula. Hoʻohui kēia mea kanu i nā kiʻi maʻamau a me ka neʻe mau, ka nani o ka palapala o ka dense sod, ka ʻano o nā cereals āpau, me ka hopena o ke kala kū ʻole, ʻeleʻele o ka ʻeleʻele o nā ʻōpala lau. I ka manawa like, ʻo ka like me ka texture a me ka hoʻoneʻe o ka mea kanu ponoi e hoʻonui hou i ka hopena o ka mālamalama hoʻohuihui o nā lau a me kona ʻano maʻamau.

9. He kanaka maʻemaʻe a maikaʻi

He luhi pinepine kekahi miniature perennial. Chistyak pūnāwai (ʻO ka hua ʻāina Ficaria) No ka mahalo ʻana i kona nani, ʻaʻole pono ia i kahi ʻoihana: hiki iā Chistyak ke kapa ʻia i kahi moʻomeheu ma mua o ko lākou pono iho. Hāʻawi kēia mea kanu kūpono i kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻowalewale i ka ʻano like ʻole o ka lau a me nā pua ma ke ʻano o ka purpurea a me nā ʻano me nā lau ʻeleʻele "Brazen Hussy" a me "Coppernob". Ka lei uliuli, ka ʻike ʻia i ka pālima o ke aniani, a e kū kūʻē i ka laulā o ka ʻeleʻele, akā he lau nui me nā lau ʻōpala o kēia mea kanu i loko o nā rosettes kūlou. Akā ʻoiai ke kīnā nei o nā limu o kēia mea kanu ponoʻī kahi pānaʻi nani o kekahi māla, hiki ke hoʻokō i nā ʻano maʻamau ʻole a pau o kahi chistyak wale i ka wā e ulu ai. ʻO nā kīʻaha melemele nā pihi liʻiliʻi o nā hōkū a me nā lā paha i pālahalaha ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā lau i hala ʻole i ka pō. Ke hoʻolōʻihi nei nā inflorescences i ke anuanu o nā kala'ōmaʻomaʻo i ke kukui i kahi kukui hou.

10. ka huluhulu o ka ʻeleʻele

ʻOiai ka manaʻo o ka Amaranth (Amaranthus) a ulu a kuikahi ke kumu manu, ka mea mua loa, no ka nani o kāna mau hulu sultans-inflorescences, kekahi o nā ʻano o kēia mea kanu - "Oeschberg" - pono e nānā pono i ka nānā aku i nā inflorescences ulaula, akā i ka saturated, ʻeleʻele, aneane ʻeleʻele e nānā i ka lā lau e haku ai nā lāʻau kupaianaha. Hiki i kēia amaranth kū hoʻokahi ke lilo i accent nui i loko o nā mea āpau a hōʻoia i nā hana āpau i hoʻopau ʻia i nā makahiki kau. He mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kahi ʻano kūlike loa ma waena o nā inflorescences nui, nunui, nā hōkū a me nā lau ʻulaʻula ākea.

11. Kaha paila a me ka hiala ʻono

Hiki ke lawe ʻia i nā mea ʻeleʻele i loko o ka mea hoʻohui me ke kōkua o nā mea kanu a ʻoluʻolu ʻole a maikaʻi ʻia e like me ʻO ka lau Basil maikaʻi loa (Pili kamahaola) Heʻuʻuku kekahi mau mea kanu mai ka māhele o nā mea kanu pōkole hiki ke hoʻokūkū me ia i ka waiwai o ka paleta varietal.ʻO ka inoa Purpureum ʻano maʻamau "Purpureum" ua lilo ia i kaʻao ma ka culinary a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina. ʻO nā lau maikaʻi o kēia basil ka nānā nui a me ka maikaʻi loa i loko o nā kahe, nā moena pua, a me nā moena, e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i nā loina wiwo ʻole i loko o nā ʻano o nā ʻano a hana i nā pā i hiki ʻole i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka māla me ka ʻole o ka uku a me ka hoʻoikaika.

ʻO nā hua a pono paha ke kanu, hiki ke hoʻokūkū ka hoʻokūkū no ka basilica uliuli ʻUala (Ipomoea batatas) ʻO "ʻanoʻeleʻele" like ʻole, ka mea like o ka malu o nā lau e like me nā mea ʻala maikaʻi loa o ka basil. A ʻoiai ʻo ka mea kanu e lele aku me nā mea nui a me nā ʻōpala nui, he like ia. ʻAe, a hiki nō nō hoʻi ke ulu i loko o nā ipu a me nā moena.

Pauleʻa pailima "Purple Ruffles" (Ocimum basilicum 'Purple Ruffles')

Pono ke kūleʻa me ka hoʻohana pono

He kūpono ke kūʻai i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi me kahi kala waihoʻoluʻu i kāu hōʻiliʻili a hoʻokomo i loko o ka māla pua, a laila makemake ʻoe e hoʻohuli i kahi puʻupuʻu hoihoi a hoʻonui wale i ka ʻano o ia mau ʻano. Akā ʻo ka hopena kūikawā, ʻo ka mana kupaianaha o kēia mau mea kanu i ka māla ensembles he hapa nui ia ma muli o ko lākou ʻanaha a ʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole ma kēlā me kēia kihi ka nani e hui ai. A no laila e huli maoli kāu mau hōkū uliuli i loko o nā accents a me ka hoʻohanohano o kāu kīhāpai, pono ʻoe e mahalo i ko lākou kūlana a hoʻohana me ka naʻauao. No ka hānai ʻana iā ʻoe a pehea hoʻi ʻoe e makemake ai iā lākou, e hana i kahi māla pua holoʻokoʻa mai nā mea kanu me nā kala ʻulaʻula ʻole. Pono kēia mau mea kanu, ʻokoʻa, ʻeliʻoki, ʻenehana, nā pale wai mālamalama ma ke kua o nā mea kanu maʻamau me kahi ʻāpana ʻē aʻe. A inā e hele mamao loa ʻoe me lākou, e nalowale ka halo pohō o ka hoʻopiʻi kahakaha a ina leai kekahi mea ʻē aʻe o ka nani a hoʻomaopopo ʻole. Lohi ka manawa, ʻike ʻoe i ka pōʻeleʻele a hōʻoluʻolu paha i ke kala ʻeleʻula inā e loaʻa i nā mea kanu lāʻau lāʻau pinepine. I mea e mālama ai nā mea kanu i ko lākou kūʻokoʻa a hōʻike i ko lākou nani, pono lākou e noho maʻa mau leʻaleʻa hōkū e hoʻonani i ka palapala a hoʻohana maoli ʻia.

Kūlike nā ʻākena ʻeleʻele me nā mea kanu lāʻau, ʻaʻohe o nā hōkū pua pua nani, nā mea kanu lau e kū pono ana a i ʻole nā paʻakaha pau a me nā mea kanu lāʻau. Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kā lākou mauʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele aʻe hou aʻe i mahalo nui ʻia i kahi koho kūikawā o nā mea kanu hoahele e hana i ke ʻano kūpono a hōʻike ʻia i ka hiʻohiʻona o nā paleʻeleʻele iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO nā keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, nā lau kala-kala, nā lau me ka ʻulaʻula māmā, ka lā a me ka melemele, ka ʻoni ʻoniʻoni a ʻulaʻula a i noho mau ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā lau ʻeleʻele a me nā pua.

"Aloha Hammer"

A inā e hoʻohana ʻoe i ka moʻomeheu uliuli ma ke ʻano he kumu ʻole, a inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e hoʻopuka i hoʻokahi mea kanu hoʻokahi i loko o kāu māla pua a i ʻole hōʻemi, pono ʻoe e makaʻala nui i kēia wahi. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, ʻo ka mea kanu me nā lau ʻeleʻele a me nā pua e hoʻokō i kā lākou kuleana i kahi e ʻike koke ʻia ai a hiki ke nānā maka ʻole ʻia mai kahi kūlana. ʻAʻohe mau ʻano like ʻole i ka waena a me hope, ma nā kihi mamao o ka māla, nā mea i manaʻo ʻia ma kahi o nā wahi e hoʻomaha ai a me nā ala. ʻO ka penaʻeleʻeleʻele, a i ʻole nā aniani o nā mea kanu kanu kokoke iā ia, ʻike ʻia wale nō mai kahi lōʻihi aku. A ua like lākou nā mea kilokilo aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou ke nānā ʻana, ʻo ka kokoke iā lākou. ʻO nā wahi ma ka pā, ma ka māla pua mua, i loko o ka māla mua, i loko o nā kahe, kahi e hiki ai i nā mea āpau ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ka manaʻo kūpono a ma kahi e hele ʻole aku ai lākou - ʻo ia ka alakaʻi alakaʻi maikaʻi loa. ʻOiai ke hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu nui a i nā mea kanu potate, ua kau ʻia lākou ma ka pae maka a me ka mua.