DAVID SHEPARD HAWAII 'OHAI GREEN ALOHA SHIRT

Made in Hawai‘i. 100% cotton poplin. Fabric is soft, light, naturally breathable, and durable. Real coconut buttons. Print-matched left chest pocket. Button down shirt plus button on back of the collar. Limited quantity print. Designed, cut, and sewn in Hawai‘i on imported fabric. Fabric prints hand-drawn.

*Machine wash on a cool delicate setting. Line-dry.

This design features the beautiful coastal flowering pea-family shrub called ‘ohai (Sesbania tomentosa). These rare native Hawaiian plants are only found on these islands, making them endemic as well as endangered.

‘Ohai has striking scarlet red to orange pea-shaped flowers that were once commonly used in lei making. Their foliage has a silver-hue that makes them a striking sight on a beach or rocky landscape.

It is exciting to see these beauties showing up more in landscaping as well as in protected places such as Ka’ena point on the island of O‘ahu -David Shepard