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The Hillert Garden is located on the flanks of Mt. Hualalai, overlooking Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. The 4 acre tropical garden is home to a diverse collection of tropical and subtropical plants from around the world. The garden's extensive collection comprises almost 500 different species of plants, including palms, heliconias, and countless exotic tropical fruit trees. That's 250+ genera from 67 families! The palm collection itself, contains over 400 individual palms (family Arecaceae), covering over 250 different species (defined as taxa on the species level and/or below) from across 100+ genera.

Last Added Accession

ID 2025-0146
Taxon Sabal miamensis
Added On 2025-11-10

Accessions

2025-0146

Families

Plants over time

Metroxylon amicarum
2019-0081
2024-11-15
Trachycarpus martianus
2019-0041
2024-11-08
Syagrus coronata
2019-0077
2024-11-15
Phoenix rupicola
2019-0068
2024-11-15