Plant Growing Guides

Tropical Understory Ferns

Polypodiophyta (Division); various genera including Nephrolepis, Platycerium, Asplenium, Adiantum

White Fig

Ficus alba

Ficus Ginseng Fig

Ficus retusa

Sacred Fig

Ficus religiosa

Fiji Dwarf

Cocos nucifera 'Fiji Dwarf'

Flame of the Forest

Butea monosperma

Flaming Katy Orange

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 'Orange'

Flowering Herbaceous Plants

Various species (herbaceous perennials and annuals)

Forastero Cacao

Theobroma cacao var. forastero

Frailea columaris

Frailea columaris

Frost Line

Ipomoea batatas 'Frost Line'

Fruticose Lichen

Various species (e.g., Cladonia, Usnea, Ramalina)

Clustered Gasteria

Gasteria glomerata

Ghost Plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Giant Granadilla

Passiflora quadrangularis

Giant Taro

Alocasia macrorrhiza

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Gliricidia

Gliricidia sepium

Gouania marsoneri

Gouania marsoneri

Golden Dewdrop Compacta

Duranta erecta 'Compacta'

Gotu Kola

Centella asiatica

Grasses

Poaceae (family)

Greater Yam

Dioscorea alata

Green Calaloo

Amaranthus viridis

Green Rose Cactus

Pereskia grandiflora

Ground-covering native plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Guava Thai Pink

Psidium guajava 'Thai Pink'

Scarlet Star

Guzmania lingulata

Red Crinum Lily

Habranthus robustus

Hala

Pandanus tectorius

Hapu'u Fern

Cibotium glaucum

Hara Madhu

Gymnema sylvestre

Hawaiʻi sandalwood

Santalum paniculatum

Hawaiian Fern

Various species native to Hawaii

Hawaiian Fern Species

Various (e.g., Sadleria, Dicranopteris, Cibotium)

Hawaiian Native Ground Covers

Various species (Portulaca sclerocarpa, Lysichiton americanus subsp. kamchatcensis, Ipomoea pes-caprae, etc.)

Hawaiian Native Moss

Multiple species (genus Hypnum, Dicranum, Bryum, and others)

Hawaiian Native Shade Plants

Various species (Psychotria hawaiiensis, Cheirodendron trigynum, Clermontia spp., others)

Hawaiian Ohia

Metrosideros polymorpha

Hawaiian Ohia Lehua

Metrosideros polymorpha

Hawaiian Plumbago

Plumbago auriculata subsp. auriculata

Hawaiian Sandalwood

Santalum paniculatum

Haworthia attenuata

Haworthia attenuata

Costa Rican Honeycreeper

Heliconia costaricensis

Heartbeat

Anthurium clarinervium

White Butterfly Ginger

Hedychium coronarium

Heliconia, Burrowed Heliconia

Heliconia bourgaei

Heliconia Golden Torch

Heliconia stricta 'Golden Torch'