Alaheʻe haole == mock orange
I posted this last year but I’m repeating because this time I have a photo of what I call mock orange. I ran across this shrub in Monterrey Park last week.
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #mockOrange #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-march-10th
Mock Orange for #wildflowerwednesday

We don't have too many wildflowers here, being in a city and all, but I was out in the wild when I spotted it - so I am counting it. 😂✨

#photography #amateurphotography #blooms #spring #flowers #flower #philadelphus #mockorange #bloomscrolling #nature #urbangarden #bright #pink #natura #italia #italy #bologna #photo #fiori #garden #street

So, last year, I used the #FloraApp to help identify what was growing in an overgrown area. I've pulled out a lot of the invasives (especially the vines), and now the #MockOrange is flourishing, as are the wild #Hydrangea beneath it. The native bees are very happy!

#Gardening #GardeningForPollinators

Murraya paniculata - Wikipedia

I thought I knew what a “mock orange” was, because when I was little, we had a bush that my mom called a mock orange. It had beautiful, fragrant blossoms, but when I looked “mock orange” up in Wikipedia (“Philadelphus”), the photos don’t look like the bush I remember. The photos show a flower with papery petals, but our bush had thick solid petals like a real orange tree’s. #mockOrange
Hawaiian Word of the Day: March 10th

Our Hawaiian word for today is alaheʻe haole. Alaheʻe haole is the Hawaiian name for mock orange, that handy bush so many of us use to make leis.

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#BloomScrolling #MockOrange Philadelphus lewisii 'Waterton'
Mini-season #MockOrange Week