Island Protea

Protea, cut fresh from the slopes of Haleakalā.

Island Protea is a small family farm growing seasonal protea and farmstead goods high on the volcanic soil of Kula. Farm-to-vase flowers, picked the way the mountain grows them.

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A hand-tied protea arrangement: a pale-pink King protea, deep-pink queen proteas, orange pincushions, dark-tipped mink proteas and red banksia, laced with eucalyptus. Grown & cut in Kula

Rooted in the mountain

Up here the days run cool and the soil runs deep and volcanic, the two things a protea loves best. Our family works these Kula slopes by hand, tending the plants through their long seasons and cutting each stem only when it is ready.

What leaves the farm is what the mountain gave that week: proteas, pincushions, banksia, and from the farmstead, honey and fresh eggs. No two seasons look the same, and that is the point.

Farm-to-vaseCut to order, straight from the field
SeasonalWhat is blooming on the slope right now
Family-grownTended by hand, Upcountry Maui
A coral-and-violet sunset over the Upcountry slopes, silhouetted trees and a ti plant, with the ocean on the horizon.

The Protea Field Guide

Protea are ancient, sculptural, and a little wild. Here is what grows on our slope, when to look for it, and the character of each bloom, the way we would show you walking the rows.

A single crimson-pink King protea growing on the bush in the field, green foliage behind it.

King Protea

Protea cynaroides

Peak: winter to spring

The giant of the field. A wide crown of pointed bracts around a soft feathered center, one stem is a whole arrangement. Long-lasting in the vase and stunning dried.

Mink Protea

Protea neriifolia

Peak: autumn to winter

Named for the soft, dark fur that fringes each bract like a collar. Deep rose to burgundy, velvety to the touch, the moodiest bloom on the slope. (Illustration shown; ask us for this week's cut.)

A yellow-and-orange pincushion protea in close-up, its curved styles fanning out like pins.

Pincushion

Leucospermum

Peak: spring to early summer

Fireworks on a stem. Dozens of curved styles burst from a domed center in orange, coral and gold, the brightest color the farm sends out and a favorite in mixed bunches.

A red-and-cream candlestick banksia bloom with curled red styles and holly-like leaves, in a dark vase.

Banksia

Banksia menziesii

Peak: winter

Architecture, not a bouquet flower. A dense cylinder of tiny blooms in rust, red and cream on a woody stem, it holds its shape for weeks and dries beautifully for keeps.

A galvanised pail of pink King proteas tied with a plaid orange-and-green ribbon.

Cut for you, this week

Because we cut to order, every bunch is built from whatever the slope is giving. Tell us the feeling you want and we will pull it from the field.

  • Seasonal protea bunchesMixed proteas, pincushions and banksia, wrapped fresh.
  • Single-variety stemsA row of King protea or an armful of pincushions, your pick.
  • Dried & keepsakeProtea and banksia that hold their shape long after the season.
Ask what's cut this week

More than flowers

The same slope that grows the protea keeps the bees and the hens. When it is in, it comes with the flowers.

Farm honey

Raw honey from the hives kept among the protea rows, as seasonal as the flowers.

Fresh eggs

Eggs from the farmstead hens, gathered the morning they go out.

Grown here

Everything leaves one small family farm on the slopes of Haleakalā, nothing trucked in.

Reach the farm

Orders, questions, or just to ask what's blooming, we read every note. Email or a message on Instagram both land with us.

Get in touch

The quickest way to us is a quick email or an Instagram DM.

islandprotea.maui@gmail.com
@islandprotea.maui
Kula, Upcountry Maui, Hawaiʻi
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