A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Mountain naupaka
Scaevola gaudichaudiana
Native foliage, flowers, and fruit fill the sheltered space beneath taller trees.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
A Kauaʻi and Oʻahu species for moist, shaded conditions; protect it from strong afternoon sun.
- Sunlight
- Shade
- Soil moisture
- Average moisture
- Mature size
- 2–30 ft tall, by form · 8–10 ft wide
- Season of interest
- Intermittent flowers & purple fruit
- Local climate
- Choose by island, elevation, and rainfall.
- Garden role
- A flowering woodland shrub
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of heavenly bamboo.
Nandina domestica
Try mountain naupaka for a flowering woodland shrub.
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Photo credits & licenses
Mountain naupaka: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA · CC BY 2.0
Heavenly bamboo: Cathy Dewitt · CC BY 4.0
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