The next plant swap will take place on January 10, 2023 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
Celosia, Zinnia, Basil, Culantro, Dill, Lemongrass, Mint, Pandan, Yomogi, Plumeria, Spider Plant, Oyster Plant, Katuk, Marungay, Purple Bok Choy, Magenta Crisp Lettuce, Black Magic Kale, Malabar Spinach, Scotch Bonnet Pepper, Nanea, Lilikoi
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: 12/18/2022