Find the perfect pono plant for your landscape, search by color, growth form, and more!

Plant Pono is a partnership between Hawaii Invasive Species Council, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS), the Hawai‘i Biological Information Network, with advice and participation from the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai‘i and its member associations.

This resource hub — managed by Maui Nui Botanical Gardens — gathers vetted guides, plans, and local programs to help residents, volunteers, and organizations replant trees, restore healthy soils, and rebuild landscapes rooted in Hawaiian cultural practices — all while protecting Maui's reefs and preparing for future fire resilience.

Enter the Go Native Community Portal where native plant enthusiasts meet and connect. Explore all the resources and register to join the growing community.

Use the interactive map to identify your growing zone and search the database of 216 native Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced “canoe” plants.

A searchable knowledgebase with a wealth of information about native Hawaiian plants.

Explore plant profiles, Hawaiian names, common names, growing requirements, natural ranges, and cultural information.

A searchable database of ethnobotanical information about native Hawaiian plants.

Plant profiles include images, Hawaiian and scientific names, habitat, propagation information, medicinal and non-medicinal uses, dye color and parts, as well as kinolau and mentions in mele and ʻōlelo noʻeau.

Created in partnership between the Pacific Fire Exchange (PFX) and Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) , the Surfrider Foundation, and other expert contributors, this guide is designed to help residents create and maintain landscapes that are fire-resilient, environmentally responsible, and ocean-friendly.

While the plant recommendations in the resource are tailored to Lahaina & West Maui, the broader concepts of fire-resilient landscaping apply to seasonally dry climates across Hawaiʻi.