The next plant swap will take place on December 13, 2022 from 4pm-6pm at the Kaiser HS parking lot. We are located on the Mauka side, furthest from the parking lot entrance.
Anticipated Plants and Cuttings
| Culinary | Category | Type | Variety | Expected # |
| N | Flower | Bachelor Buttons | Multicolor | 15 |
| Y | Flower | Blue Butterfly Pea | 1 | |
| Y | Flower | Calendula | Pacific Beauty | 15 |
| N | Flower | Coleus | Red | 5 |
| N | Flower | Haliconia Portea | Petropolitana | 12 |
| Y | Flower | Impatiens | various colors | 3 |
| N | Flower | Marigold | Orange | 4 |
| N | Flower | Marigold | Mixed Colors | 20 |
| Y | Flower | Phlox | Violet | 1 |
| N | Flower | Sunflower | Teddy Bear | 5 |
| N | Flower | Sunflower | Velvet Queen | 7 |
| Y | Herb | Basil | Eternal Basil | 1 |
| Y | Herb | Basil | Genovese | 1 |
| Y | Herb | Basil | Cinnamon Basil | 4 |
| Y | Herb | Basil | Indian Holy-Tulsi | 23 |
| Y | Herb | Catnip | 2 | |
| Y | Herb | Cuban Oregano | Green | 1 |
| Y | Herb | Dill | Teddy | 3 |
| Y | Herb | Lemongrass | 1 | |
| Y | Herb | Mint | 2 | |
| Y | Herb | Oregano | Variegated Cuban | 2 |
| Y | Herb | Pandan | 4 | |
| Y | Herb | Yomogi | Yomogi (mugwort) | 1 |
| N | Ornamental | Aglaonema | Variegated | 1 |
| N | Ornamental | Plumeria | Dwarf Singapore | 2 |
| N | Ornamental | Spider Plant | 5 | |
| N | Ornamental | Ti | 2 | |
| Y | Succulent | Aloe Vera | Hawn | 12 |
| N | Succulent | Tillansia | 2 | |
| Y | Tree/Bush | Katuk | Katuk | 4 |
| Y | Tree/Bush | Papaya | Waimanalo low-bearing | 1 |
| Y | Tree/Bush | Papaya | Waimanalo-X77 | 7 |
| Y | Vegetable | Lettuce | Magenta Crisp | 1 |
| Y | Vegetable | Malabar Spinach | Green | 2 |
| Y | Vegetable | Mustard Cabbage | 2 | |
| Y | Vegetable | Pepper | Mad Hatter | 2 |
| Y | Vegetable | Radish | Red Rat’s Tail | 2 |
| Y | Vine | Black Pepper | 1 | |
| Y | Vine | Lilikoi | Purple | 2 |
Seeds for Planting
We will also have 48 varieties of seeds on hand for you. Here is a list of what we are bringing:
| Seed_Name | Description |
| Arugula | Quick growing salad green with tangy flavor |
| Basil, Cinnamon | Basil with Sweet cinnamon aroma. |
| Basil, Tuscany lettuce leaf | Geneovese type basil extra large leaves |
| Bele spinach | Also known as Tongan spinach. Sometimes subtituted for taro leaf in laulau |
| Blue butterfly pea | Commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea or Darwin pea. Flowers commonly used to color drinks. |
| Blue mist flower | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset. Bushy plant with small, pretty lavender blooms |
| Bozu, purple flower | Often used for lei. Long-lasting round purple blooms, apprx. 1/2″ diam. |
| Carrot, Purple | Full sun, 65-70 days |
| Catnip | Herb, can be used for tea but best known for exciting pet cats |
| Chili, Hawaiian chili pepper | Typical red chili peppers. It ranges in between 50,000 and 70,000 on the Scoville scale. |
| Chives | Standard grocery store variety. Also grows out by root |
| Cilantro, cruiser | Slow-bolt shorter variety, quicker germination |
| Cress, upland | 6–8″ rosettes of dark green, glossy, rounded leaves. Grow in cooler months. |
| Cucumber, Japan Nokya | Best Japan variety cucumber IMHO |
| Culantro | Also known as recao, cilantro like flavor; heat tolerant |
| Daisy, Alaska shasta | Cutting flower, white with yellow center |
| Dill | Teddy variety |
| Eggplant, Thai, green round | Compact, well-branched plant with a prolific set of small, round fruits, avg. 1½-2″ in diameter. |
| Epazote | Mexican herb used to flavor beans, etc. |
| Fennel | An herb, spice and vegetable, bulb, seeds and fronds have anise-like flavor |
| Lettuce, magenta crisp | A red Summer Crisp with good flavor. Heat tolerant |
| Lettuce, Okayama salad | Heat tolerant butterhead variety |
| Lettuce, salad bowl mix | Full sun 45-50 days |
| Long bean | Easy and prolific, needs to climb |
| Marigold, French Safari | Yellow through orange blooms, single color |
| Mizuna | Mild green, use in soups or salads |
| Mustard cabbage | Unknown variety, looks like the kind in the supermarket. |
| Okra, Clemson spineless | Standard variety in the South. Grows in containers too. |
| Onion, Texas Grano 1015 | Best planted in Fall, regular sized onion bulb |
| Pigeon peas | High yield edible peas |
| Radish, Red Rat’s Tail | Grown for edible pods, prolific |
| Savory, summer | (1 to 2 ft) in height and has very slender, bronze-green leaves. Great with fowl and pork. |
| Sequa, Chinese okra | Spongy squash, eat while young and tender |
| Squash, opo, hyotan | Bottle gourd, high yield large squash |
| Squash, Patty Pan Bennings green | 50 days. Colorful, light green, scallop-shaped fruit; tender, with excellent yields. Edible flowers |
| Swiss chard | Charbell variety |
| Tomato, Alisa | Russian bush variety, 5 oz red |
| Tomato, Big bushman | Large, flat-round, smooth, bright red tomatoes, weight up to 200g (7oz). |
| Tomato, Bogema | Pink, medium fruit, heat-tolerant |
| Tomato, Extrim | Turkish, with red, medium fruit. Likes colder climate |
| Tomato, Mortgage lifter | Red, large fruit, heat tolerant |
| Tomato, Pink camel | Pink, medium fruit, heat-tolerant |
| Tomato, Red camel | Red, medium fruit, heat-tolerant |
| Tomato, Rumba ozarwska | Nice cocktail sized red fruit |
| Tomato, Sarandipity | Medium, uniformly sized and shaped tomatoes that ripen to a rich brick-red, chocolate color with vertical green, metallic-looking stripes |
| Tomato, Zinulya | Ukranian with pink, big fruit. Compact plants, container okay. |
| Yarrow, vantage red | Compact, drought tolerant perennial |
| Zinnia, pepperment stick | Variegated flowers, with pinks yellows and whites |
If there are seeds or plants you are looking for, take a look at the list and email me at auntie@eastoahu96825.com to inquire. If I don’t have them, there are other people that may be able to bring them.
Last updated: 12/13/2022