PatternBasePlants for Zone 12a
546 plants that grow in USDA hardiness zone 12a.
AbiuPouteria caimito
Abiu ColoradoPouteria maclayana
Abiu CutitePouteria macrophylla
AbiuranaPouteria multiflora
Abyssinian JujubeZiziphus abyssinica
Acai PalmEuterpe oleracea
AchachairuGarcinia humilis
African BasilOcimum gratissimum
African BlackwoodDalbergia melanoxylon
African Candelabra TreeEuphorbia ammak
African Dream HerbEntada rheedei Spreng.
African EbonyDiospyros mespiliformis
African MangoIrvingia gabonensis
African MesquiteProsopis africana
African MoringaMoringa stenopetala
African MyrrhCommiphora africana
African NutmegPycnanthus angolensis
African Oil Bean TreePentaclethra macrophylla
African Potato VineKedrostis africana
African Star AppleChrysophyllum albidum
African WalnutTetracarpidium conophorum
Alexandrian LaurelCalophyllum inophyllum
Alexandrian SennaSenna alexandrina
Amazon Coral TreeErythrina amazonica
Anchored Water HyacinthEichhornia azurea
Anil IndigoIndigofera suffruticosa
Anise-scented PepperPiper marginatum
AnnattoBixa orellana
AnthuriumAnthurium andraeanum
Arabian CarallumaCaralluma retrospiciens
Arabian Desert RoseAdenium arabicum
ArazaEugenia stipitata
Areca PalmDypsis lutescens
Arjuna TreeTerminalia arjuna
Arnhem Land BambooBambusa arnhemica
Arrowleaf centroCentrosema sagittatum
Asam GelugorGarcinia atroviridis
Asparagus BeanDolichos sesquipedalis
AtemoyaAnnona × atemoya
Autograph TreeClusia rosea
BacupariGarcinia brasiliensis
BacuriPlatonia insignis
Bagpod SesbaniaSesbania vesicaria
Bamboo PalmChamaedorea seifrizii
Bastard Brandy BushGrewia bicolor
Bastard CardamomAframomum daniellii
Bead-bean TreeMaerua angolensis
Bearded BambooDendrocalamus barbatus
BelembeXanthosoma brasiliense
Beleric MyrobalanTerminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Bell ApplePassiflora nitida
Belleric MyrobalanTerminalia bellirica
Betel LeafPiper betle
Big Pine CynometraCynometra webberi
BignayAntidesma bunius
Bijao LeafCalathea cyclophora
BilimbiAverrhoa bilimbi
Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia reginae
Birds Nest FernAsplenium nidus
BiribaRollinia deliciosa
BiribáRollinia mucosa
Bitter KolaGarcinia kola
Black CardamomAmomum subulatum
Black PepperPiper nigrum
Black PlumSpondias nigrescens
Black SapoteDiospyros nigra
Black TaroXanthosoma nigrum
Black VetiverVetiveria nigritana
Black-fringed Giant BambooGigantochloa nigrociliata
Boab TreeAdansonia gregorii
Bottle Tree MoringaMoringa drouhardii
Brazilian CranberryOxossia oxycoccos
Brazilian GuavaPsidium guineense
Brazilian Joint VetchAeschynomene brasiliana
Breadnut SeededArtocarpus camansi
Bristly PupunhaBactris setosa
Broad-leaf Palm LilyCordyline cannifolia
Buho BambooSchizostachyum lumampao
BulletwoodManilkara bidentata
Bushman's PoisonAdenium boehmianum
Bushman's PoisonAdenium swazicum
Button MangosteenGarcinia prainiana
CacaoTheobroma cacao
Cacay NutCaryodendron orinocense
CajaranaSpondias radlkoferi
Calabash NutmegMonodora myristica
Calabash TreeCrescentia cujete
CaladiumCaladium bicolor
CalatheaCalathea ornata
CalopoCalopogonium mucunoides
CambuíMyrciaria tenella
Camel's Foot TreePiliostigma thonningii
CanariumCanarium indicum
Candelabra TreeEuphorbia candelabrum
Candle treeParmentiera cereifera
CanistelPouteria campechiana
Canistel ColoradoPouteria durlandii
Canna LilyCanna × generalis
CardamomElettaria cardamomum
Cardona Prickly PearOpuntia streptacantha
Caribbean StyloStylosanthes hamata
Cassia CinnamonCinnamomum cassia
CatiguaTrichilia catigua
Cats ClawUncaria tomentosa
Cattleya OrchidCattleya labiata
CentroCentrosema pubescens
Ceylon RosewoodAlbizia odoratissima
ChempedakArtocarpus integer
Chestnut VineTetrastigma voinierianum
Chicle TreeManilkara chicle
Christmas BushAlchornea cordifolia
Cinnamon Ice Cream BeanInga cinnamomea
CitronCitrus medica
Clery RootCalathea macrosepala
Climbing OleanderStrophanthus gratus
Climbing Ylang-ylangArtabotrys hexapetalus
Cluster yamDioscorea dumetorum
Clustering Fishtail PalmCaryota mitis
Coastal Beach PeaVigna marina
CoconaSolanum sessiliflorum
CoconillaSolanum stramoniifolium
CocoplumChrysobalanus icaco
Cohune PalmAttalea cohune
ColocynthCitrullus colocynthis
Common Screw PinePandanus utilis
Common WireweedSida acuta
Confetti TreeMaytenus senegalensis
Copaiba Oil TreeCopaifera langsdorffii
Country MallowSida cordifolia
CrotonCodiaeum variegatum
Crown FlowerCalotropis gigantea
Cubeb PepperPiper cubeba
CupuacuTheobroma grandiflorum
CuriolaPouteria hypoglauca
CurriolaPouteria ramiflora
Curry LeafMurraya koenigii
Cush-cush YamDioscorea trifida
Dadap SerepErythrina subumbrans
Dark-leaved malangaXanthosoma atrovirens
Dendrobium OrchidDendrobium nobile
Desert BeanMaerua crassifolia
Desert Bean CaperTetraena fontanesii
Desert CaperCapparis decidua
Desert ivy gourdCoccinia sessilifolia
Desert KurrajongBrachychiton gregorii
Desert MyrrhCommiphora glaucescens
Desert Rose of SomaliaSesamothamnus rivae
Diviner's SageSalvia divinorum
Dragon TreeDracaena marginata
Duwet NerveuxSyzygium nervosum
Dwarf Cavendish BananaMusa acuminata
Earleaf AcaciaAcacia auriculiformis
East African Doum PalmHyphaene compressa
East African FrankincenseBoswellia neglecta
Egyptian RiverhempSesbania sesban
Elephant Foot YamAmorphophallus paeoniifolius
Elequeme Coral TreeErythrina berteroana
EspintanaOxandra espintana
Etcho CactusStenocereus beneckei
False DaisyEclipta prostrata
False Water WillowAndrographis echioides
FaveiraParkia platycephala
FaveiroDimorphandra mollis
Female BambooBambusa balcooa
Fibrous SatinashSyzygium fibrosum
Fiddle Leaf FigFicus lyrata
Fishtail PalmCaryota urens
Five-finger taroXanthosoma caracu
Five-leaf Morning GloryMerremia quinquefolia
Five-leaf YamDioscorea pentaphylla
Flame ThornAcacia ataxacantha
Flat-crown AlbiziaAlbizia adianthifolia
Fony BaobabAdansonia rubrostipa
Forbes' MangosteenGarcinia forbesii
Forest IronwoodDrypetes gossweileri
Forest VetiverVetiveria nemoralis
Forest YamDioscorea decipiens
Four-leaved ice cream beanInga quaternata
Foxtail PalmWodyetia bifurcata
Fragrant climbing ylangArtabotrys odoratissimus
Fragrant Elephant TreeBursera odorata
French PeanutPachira glabra
Gamba GrassAndropogon gayanus
GandariaBouea macrophylla
Ghaf TreeProsopis cineraria
Giant BambooDendrocalamus giganteus
Giant Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia nicolai
Giant Dutchman's PipeAristolochia grandiflora
Giant GranadillaPassiflora quadrangularis
Giant LemongrassCymbopogon giganteus
Giant Malaysian BambooGigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
Giant sword fernNephrolepis biserrata
Giant Thorny BambooBambusa bambos
Giant Velvet BeanMucuna gigantea
GingerZingiber officinale
Glandular Peanut Butter FruitBunchosia glandulifera
GlycineNeonotonia wightii
Gnemon TreeGnetum gnemon
Golden AppleSpondias cytherea
Golden CalatheaCalathea lutea
Golden Shower TreeCassia fistula
Golden SpoonByrsonima verbascifolia
Golden WonderSenna spectabilis
Golden-leaf Star AppleChrysophyllum splendens
Governor's PlumFlacourtia indica
Grains of ParadiseAframomum melegueta
Grandidier's BaobabAdansonia grandidieri
Green SapotePouteria viridis
Grey-haired AcaciaVachellia gerrardii
Guaba PeludaInga oerstediana
Guaba RojaInga heterophylla
GuanacasteEnterolobium cyclocarpum
GuduchiTinospora cordifolia
Guest TreeKleinhovia hospita
Gumbo LimboBursera simaruba
Guyana SapotePouteria guianensis
GymnemaGymnema sylvestre
Hairy SterculiaSterculia setigera
Hairy-leaved PepperPiper hispidum
Hanging Lobster ClawHeliconia rostrata
Haskar's Giant BambooGigantochloa hasskarliana
Hawaiian Coral TreeErythrina sandwicensis
Heart-leaf Desert RoseMaerua subcordata
HennaLawsonia inermis
Hildebrand's MoringaMoringa hildebrandtii
Hog PlumXimenia americana
Hoja SantaPiper auritum
Hollow RushFicinia lacunosa
Hope's CycadLepidozamia hopei
Horse GramDolichos uniflorus
Ice Cream BananaMusa × paradisiaca
IlamaAnnona diversifolia
ImbeGarcinia livingstonei
Impala LilyAdenium multiflorum
Indian BeechMillettia pinnata
Indian CaperCapparis sepiaria
Indian Coral TreeErythrina variegata
Indian FrankincenseBoswellia serrata
Indian Kino TreePterocarpus marsupium
Indian Prickly AshZanthoxylum rhetsa
Indian SnakerootRauwolfia serpentina
Indonesian Bay LeafSyzygium polyanthum
Intoxicating YamDioscorea hispida
Irapay PalmLepidocaryum tenue
Ivory PalmPhytelephas macrocarpa
Jaboticaba do MatoPlinia peruviana
Jack BeanCanavalia ensiformis
JatobaHymenaea courbaril
Jatobá do CerradoHymenaea stigonocarpa
Java AppleSyzygium samarangense
Java Black BambooGigantochloa atroviolacea
Java cardamomAmomum compactum
Java PlumSyzygium cumini
Javanese Long PepperPiper retrofractum
Kakadu PlumTerminalia ferdinandiana
Kalahari cucumberCucumis pustulatus
KaranjaPongamia pinnata
Kataf MyrrhCommiphora kataf
Key LimeCitrus × aurantiifolia
KhirniManilkara hexandra
KiaweProsopis pallida
Kilima BaobabAdansonia kilima Pettigrew, K.L.Bell, Bhagw., Grinan, Jillani, Jean Mey., Wabuyele & C.E.Vickers
KinkelibaCombretum micranthum
Knotgrass SaxaulCalligonum polygonoides
KokumGarcinia indica
Koronivia GrassBrachiaria humidicola
KratomMitragyna speciosa
Lama persimmonDiospyros sandwicensis
LamutPouteria reticulata
LantanaLantana camara
Large Flowered BambooGigantochloa macrostachya
Large-leaved YellowwoodXylotheca kraussiana
LeadwoodCombretum imberbe
Lemon Drop MangosteenGarcinia intermedia
LerenCalathea allouia
Lesser YamDioscorea esculenta
Linear-leaved DunbeanAtylosia lineata
LogwoodHaematoxylum campechianum
Long PepperPiper longum
Lucuma de SedaPouteria obovata
Machado PalmBorassodendron machadonis
Machete IngaInga spectabilis
Madagascar Lace PlantAponogeton madagascariensis
Madagascar OcotilloAlluaudia procera
Madagascar PeriwinkleCatharanthus roseus
MadronoGarcinia madruno
MahuaMadhuca indica
Mahua TreeMadhuca longifolia
Malabar TamarindGarcinia cambogia
Male BambooDendrocalamus strictus
Mama CadelaBrosimum gaudichaudii
Mamey SapotePouteria sapota
Mandaville's Bean-caperTetraena mandavillei
Mangium AcaciaAcacia mangium
Marianas breadfruitArtocarpus mariannensis
MassarandubaPouteria glomerata
MempatCratoxylum formosum
Mexican Barbasco YamDioscorea floribunda
Millstream PalmLivistona alfredii
Mobola PlumParinari curatellifolia
Monkey JackArtocarpus lakoocha
Monkey Ladder VineEntada gigas
MonsteraMonstera deliciosa
Mopane TreeColophospermum mopane
Moth OrchidPhalaenopsis amabilis
Mountain SoursopAnnona montana
MukheitBoscia senegalensis
MulunguErythrina velutina
MunduGarcinia dulcis
Murumuru PalmAstrocaryum murumuru
Nam NamCynometra cauliflora
Namib PorkbushCeraria carrissoana
Namibian Desert RoseSesamothamnus guerichii
NanceByrsonima crassifolia
Narrow-angled CereusCereus stenogonus
Native MangosteenGarcinia warrenii
Needle BushAzima tetracantha
Noyau VineMerremia dissecta
Oaxaca LeucaenaLeucaena diversifolia
Old Man Prickly PearCactus senilis
Pacara Earpod TreeEnterolobium contortisiliquum
PacayInga feuilleei
Pacific Giant TaroColocasia affinis
Paddy Straw MushroomVolvariella volvacea
PalmarosaCymbopogon martinii
Panama Hat PlantCarludovica palmata
Panama Rubber TreeCastilla elastica
PariryPouteria pariry
Patauá PalmOenocarpus bataua
PatchouliPogostemon cablin
Paterno Ice Cream BeanInga paterno
Peace LilySpathiphyllum wallisii
Peach PalmBactris gasipaes
Perrier's BaobabAdansonia perrieri
Peruvian Giant BambooGuadua weberbaueri
Peruvian window leafMonstera obliqua
phantom treeMoringa ovalifolia
Phasey BeanMacroptilium lathyroides
PhulaiAcacia modesta
Pili NutCanarium ovatum
Pilipiliula GrassChrysopogon aciculatus
PinganArtocarpus sarawakensis
Pinha-do-cerradoDuguetia spixiana
Pink Stemmed Elephant EarXanthosoma roseum
Pink Trumpet TreeTabebuia rosea
PiquiCaryocar villosum
PitombaTalisia esculenta
PlumeriaPlumeria rubra
Pond AppleAnnona glabra
Poro TreeErythrina poeppigiana
Port Royal SennaSenna italica
PothosEpipremnum aureum
Pracaxi Oil TreePentaclethra macroloba
Prayer PlantMaranta leuconeura
Prickly AcaciaAcacia nilotica subsp. adstringens
Prickly Giant BambooGigantochloa pruriens
Pride of BarbadosCaesalpinia pulcherrima
Purple BushbeanMacroptilium purpureum
Purple Coral TreeErythrina fusca
Purple Stemmed TaroXanthosoma violaceum
Purple TephrosiaTephrosia purpurea
Qatar Bean CaperTetraena qatarensis
Rabbits Foot FernDavallia fejeensis
Rabo de MonoInga ruiziana
Rain TreeSamanea saman
RaintreeAlbizia saman
Real Fan PalmHyphaene petersiana
Red AcaciaAcacia seyal
Red AcaciaVachellia seyal
Red GingerAlpinia purpurata
Red MombinSpondias purpurea
Red QuebrachoSchinopsis balansae
Red Sandalwood TreeAdenanthera pavonina
Red SandersPterocarpus santalinus
Red SpiderlingBoerhavia diffusa
Red-bark False ThornVachellia reficiens
Red-hot-poker TreeErythrina abyssinica
Ribbed Ice Cream BeanInga marginata
RiceOryza sativa
Rigid BambooBambusa rigida
Robusta CoffeeCoffea canephora
Rock MyrrhCommiphora saxicola
Rose AppleSyzygium jambos
Rose CactusPereskia bleo
Royal PalmRoystonea regia
Royal PoincianaDelonix regia
Rubber PlantFicus elastica
RukamFlacourtia rukam
Rusty Shield BearerPeltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurz
Sacha InchiPlukenetia volubilis
Sacred PepperPiper sanctum
SafouDacryodes edulis
Sahara Umbrella ThornVachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana
Sahel BlepharisBlepharis edulis
Sahnii's Giant BambooDendrocalamus sahnii
Salam AcaciaAcacia ehrenbergiana
Santa MariaCalophyllum brasiliense
SantolSandoricum koetjape
Sapucaia NutLecythis pisonis
Saramolla GrassIschaemum rugosum
SatinleafChrysophyllum oliviforme
Scarlet Star BromeliadGuzmania lingulata
Sea Bean VineMucuna bracteata
seaside clerodendrumClerodendrum inerme
Semelai BambooGigantochloa ridleyi
Sensitive PlantMimosa pudica
Sessile JoyweedAlternanthera sessilis
Shea Nut TreeVitellaria paradoxa
Shingle plantMonstera dubia
Shining Ice Cream BeanInga coruscans
Shrubby StyloStylosanthes scabra
Siamese CassiaSenna siamea
Sickle-leaf Hoary PeaTephrosia falciformis
Signal GrassBrachiaria decumbens
Silk Oil BeanPentaclethra filamentosa
Simple Bean CaperTetraena simplex
Simpoh AirDillenia suffruticosa
Slender RattlepodCrotalaria ochroleuca
Small-flower YamDioscorea minutiflora
Small-seed SagaAdenanthera microsperma
Smooth Giant BambooGigantochloa levis
Smooth RattleboxCrotalaria pallida
Snake FruitSalacca zalacca
Snake PlantSansevieria trifasciata
Soap Pod WattleAcacia concinna
Socotra Bean CaperZygophyllum waterlotii
Socotra Desert RoseAdenium socotranum
Socotra FigDorstenia gigas
Socotra frankincenseBoswellia socotrana
Socotrine AloeAloe perryi
Sodom AppleCalotropis procera
Solid BambooDendrocalamus peculiaris
Solomon Islands Sago PalmMetroxylon salomonense
Somali Desert RoseAdenium obesum subsp. somalense
SoncoyaAnnona purpurea
Sour Vine FruitAmbelania acida
Southern BrideliaBridelia ferruginea
Spanish LimeMelicoccus bijugatus
Spanish MossTillandsia usneoides
Spiked PepperPiper aduncum
Spiny Monkey OrangeStrychnos spinosa
Spiny Octopus TreeAlluaudia dumosa
Split-Leaf PhilodendronPhilodendron bipinnatifidum
Spotted GliricidiaGliricidia maculata
Sprawling Bead-beanMaerua decumbens
Spring PandanusPandanus spiralis
Staghorn FernPlatycerium bifurcatum
Star GooseberryPhyllanthus acidus
Sticky StyloStylosanthes viscosa
Stink BeanParkia speciosa
Stone BambooBambusa pervariabilis
String bambooGigantochloa apus
Stuhlmann's Tallow TreeAllanblackia stuhlmannii
StyloStylosanthes guianensis
Suarez BaobabAdansonia suarezensis
SucupiraBowdichia virgilioides
Sunn HempCrotalaria juncea
Swamp HibiscusHibiscus diversifolius
Swamp LilyOttelia ovalifolia
Sweet IngaInga laurina
Swiss Cheese VineMonstera adansonii
Tahitian ChestnutInocarpus fagifer
Tallow TreeAllanblackia floribunda
Tape SeagrassEnhalus acoroides
TapiriraSpondias venulosa
TayuyaCayaponia tayuya
Teddy Bear BambooDendrocalamus brandisii
Thai Black GingerKaempferia parviflora
Thai Pepper TreeZanthoxylum limonella
Thick-bark ThornVachellia pachyphloia
Thick-walled GuaduaGuadua sarcocarpa
Thorny BambooBambusa blumeana
Three-leaved CaperCrateva adansonii
Ti PlantCordyline fruticosa
Timor Black BambooBambusa lako
Tonka Bean TreeDipteryx odorata
Torch GingerEtlingera elatior
TortugaPorcelia macrocarpa
Traveler's PalmRavenala madagascariensis
Trini's GuaduaGuadua trinii
Trinidad flame bushCalliandra tweedii
Tropical KudzuCalopogonium galactioides
Tropical Water LilyNymphaea capensis
Trumpet TreeCecropia obtusifolia
Tubercled CarallumaCaralluma tuberculata
Turtle PlumSpondias testudinis
Twisted Cluster BeanParkia javanica
UmariPoraqueiba sericea
UmbúSpondias tuberosa
Upas TreeAntiaris toxicaria
Vanda OrchidVanda coerulea
VanillaVanilla planifolia
Variable FlatsedgeCyperus difformis
Velvet AppleDiospyros blancoi
Velvet LeafCallicarpa pedunculata
Velvet TamarindAntidesma velutinosum
Venezuelan Star AppleChrysophyllum venezuelanense
VerodeKleinia neriifolia
VetiverChrysopogon zizanioides
VinháticoPlathymenia reticulata
Walker's CassavaManihot walkerae
Water AppleSyzygium aqueum
Water WisteriaHygrophila difformis
Wax PlantHoya carnosa
Weeping BottlebrushSyzygium floribundum
West African AlbiziaAlbizia zygia
West Indian GherkinCucumis anguria
White AppleSyzygium forte
White BauhiniaBauhinia petersiana
White Berry BushFlueggea virosa
White fonioDigitaria exilis
White HoarypeaTephrosia candida
White JuteCorchorus capsularis
White MalangaXanthosoma mafaffa
White PepperPiper nigrum var. album
White SirisAlbizia procera
White TurmericCurcuma zedoaria
White-flowered CadabaCadaba farinosa
Whorled Giant BambooGigantochloa verticillata
Wild CowpeaAtylosia scarabaeoides
Wild Date PalmPhoenix sylvestris
Wild Drumstick TreeMoringa peregrina
Wild Kidney BeanDolichos axillaris
Wild MangoVoacanga thouarsii
Wild PepperCapsicum flexuosum
Wild Pepper VinePiper magnificum
Wild TurmericCurcuma aromatica
Woolly CaperCapparis tomentosa
Wray's Giant BambooGigantochloa wrayi
Wrinkled MarshweedLimnophila rugosa
Yam-leaf DalechampiaDalechampia dioscoreifolia
Yeheb BushCordeauxia edulis
Yellow Dragon FruitHylocereus megalanthus
Yellow Fever TreeVachellia xanthophloea
Yellow FlamboyantPeltophorum pterocarpum
Yellow GranadillaPassiflora laurifolia
Yellow MangosteenGarcinia xanthochymus
Yellow MombinSpondias mombin
Yellow Monkey PotPerebea xanthochyma
Yellow Morning GloryMerremia mammosa
Yellow VelvetleafLimnocharis flava
Yellow Wood RoseMerremia tuberosa
Yellow yamDioscorea cayenensis
Yucatan yautiaXanthosoma yucatanense Engl.
Za BaobabAdansonia za
Zanzibar yamDioscorea sansibarensis