Plant Growing Guides

Native Hawaiian Ohia Understory Plants

Various species (primarily Metrosideros polymorpha understory community)

ʻŌhiʻa Lehua

Metrosideros polymorpha

Native Hawaiian 'Ōlapa

Cheirodendron trigynum

Native Hawaiian Orchids

Various genera native to Hawaii (e.g., Dendrobium, Platystele, Aloha)

Native Hawaiian Plants (General Guide)

Various species endemic to Hawaiian Islands

Native Hawaiian Windbreak Plants

Various species (Metrosideros polymorpha, Myoporum sandwicense, Dodonaea viscosa, Erythrina sandwicensis, and others)

ʻAilama

Plumbago auriculata

Native Hawaiian Plants (General Guide)

Various endemic and indigenous species

Dubautia (Hawaiian Greensword)

Dubautia species

ʻŌhiʻa lehua

Metrosideros polymorpha

Native Hawaiian Sandalwood

Santalum paniculatum

Native Hawaiian Sedges

Carex spp. (Hawaiian species)

Native Hawaiian Sedges and Grasses

Various species (Carex, Cyperus, Fimbristylis, Heterachne, Ischaemum, and other genera)

Native Hawaiian Sedges and Rushes

Cyperus spp., Fimbristylis spp., Schoenus spp., Juncus spp., and related genera

Native Hawaiian Shade Plants (General Category)

Multiple species - see varieties

Native Hawaiian Shade Shrubs

Multiple species (Psychotria hawaiiensis, Coprosma, Plumbago, and others)

Native Hawaiian Shade Trees

Various species (Monkeypod, Koa, Ohia, Kukui, Ulu)

Native Hawaiian Shrubs

Multiple species (e.g., Sadleria, Ilex anomala, Dodonaea viscosa)

Native Hawaiian Dry Shrubs

Multiple species (e.g., Dodonaea viscosa, Chrysodracon aurantiacum, Wikstroemia)

Native Hawaiian Shrubs and Groundcovers

Various species endemic to Hawaiian Islands

Native Hawaiian Shrubs and Understory Plants

Various species (endemic to Hawaiian Islands)

Native Hawaiian Shade Shrubs (Mixed Collection)

Various species (see varieties)

Native Hawaiian Silversword

Argyroxiphium sandwicense

Native Hawaiian Tree Fern

Cibotium glaucum (Hāpu'u)

Native Hawaiian Trees

Various species endemic to Hawaii

Native Hawaiian 'uki'uki grass

Machaerina angustifolia

Native Hawaiian Uluhe Fern

Dicranopteris linearis

Native Hawaiian Understory Plants

Various species (mixed community)

Native Hawaiian Understory Shrubs

Various species (e.g., Psychotria hawaiiensis, Coprosma, Myrsine, Lophosoria)

Native Hawaiian Understory Vegetation

Mixed species assemblage (no single binomial)

Native Hawaiian Vines

Various species (Ipomoea alba, Vigna o-wahuensis, Canavalia pubescens, others)

Native Hawaiian Violet

Viola chamissoniana subsp. chamissoniana

Native Hawaiian Water Plants

Various species (mixed collection)

Native Hawaiian Wildflowers

Multiple species (e.g., Metrosideros polymorpha, Hibiscus brackenridgei, Silene stellata)

Native Heathland Flowers

Erica spp., Calluna spp., Ulex spp., and related genera

Native Herbaceous Plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Herbaceous Wildflowers

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Native Hosta

Hosta species (native to Japan, Korea, China)

Native Host Plants for Pollinators

Mixed species (region-dependent)

Native Huckleberry

Vaccinium spp.

Native ʻākoʻako Fern

Sadleria cyatheoides

Native ʻāma ʻu fern

Sadleria cyatheoides

Native ʻIlima

Sida fallax

Native ʻōhelo

Vaccinium reticulatum

Native ʻōhiʻa lehua

Metrosideros polymorpha

Native Iris

Iris species (native to North America)

Native Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum