Ali Minney and her family are third-generation owners of Malolo Farm in Kula, Maui. The farm offers seasonal arrangements and wholesale Protea flowers and plants to local florists, and ships them ...

Protea are evergreen flowering shrubs or tall trees depending on the variety. Native to South Africa, the Protea genus with its more than 1,000 species is at home in a warm, dry climate.

The Venus and the Ayoba Peach pincushion protea, two of the dozens of species farmed in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region.Credit...Photograph by Esther Choi. Set design by Suzy Kim Supported ...