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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

Mammea americana
2021-0002
2024-11-17
Marojejya darianii
2023-0094
2024-11-17
Bentinckia condapanna
2020-0036
2024-11-15
Caryota ophiopellis
2021-0085
2024-11-14