Cotton in Hawaii - The Dreamstress

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As a child growing up in Hawaii I remember occasionally finding a cotton bush in someone’s yard, and being fascinated by them. I would pick the cotton and use it to stuff little dolls pillows. So I was aware of cotton in Hawaii, but it was definitely a novelty. On my latest trip back I noticed cotton bushes everywhere: in yards and semi-wild along the road. Once again, I was fascinated. Had someone started a trend for cotton as a landscape plant? Had one bush seeded successfully across the island? Had the wet summer provided the perfect conditions to start a cotton boom? I meant to stop and take pictures and investigate a bush so that I could tell you about it the whole trip, but there was always too much to do, and I was too busy. Then, on the way to the airport to fly home we stopped at a neighbors house, and there was a cotton bush. So here are my extremely rushed, 11th hour, cotton images. The bush itself isn’t that …

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