Next Plant Exchange, December 13, 2022

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

[future potential seed list]

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