diff --git a/hvplot/plotting/core.py b/hvplot/plotting/core.py
index c20dffdd4..3522df345 100644
--- a/hvplot/plotting/core.py
+++ b/hvplot/plotting/core.py
@@ -1909,6 +1909,19 @@ def _get_converter(self, x=None, y=None, kind=None, **kwds):
 
         return HoloViewsConverter(data, x, y, kind=kind, **params)
 
+    def explorer(self, x=None, y=None, **kwds):
+        import polars as pl
+        from ..ui import explorer as ui_explorer
+
+        if isinstance(self._data, (pl.DataFrame, pl.Series)):
+            data = self._data.to_pandas()
+        elif isinstance(self._data, pl.LazyFrame):
+            data = self._data.collect().to_pandas()
+        else:
+            raise ValueError('Only Polars DataFrame, Series, and LazyFrame are supported')
+
+        return ui_explorer(data, x=x, y=y, **kwds)
+
 
 class hvPlot(hvPlotTabular):
     """
diff --git a/hvplot/ui.py b/hvplot/ui.py
index ee6f260b0..5fa40eebb 100644
--- a/hvplot/ui.py
+++ b/hvplot/ui.py
@@ -1031,7 +1031,9 @@ def ylim(self):
         y = self._y
         if not isinstance(y, list):
             y = [y]
-        values = [ys for ys in (self._data[y] for y in y) if len(ys)]
+        values = [
+            ys for ys in (self._data[y] for y in y) if len(ys) and ys.dtype.kind not in 'OSU'
+        ]
         if not len(values):
             return (np.nan, np.nan)
         return max_range([(np.nanmin(vs), np.nanmax(vs)) for vs in values])