Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. There are lots of showy plants from tropical or ...

A second biological control agent is moving closer to entering the battle against the erythrina gall wasp to enhance survival of endemic wiliwili trees across Hawaii. Releasing the parasitoid will ...

Instead of summer rain, we seem to be getting a heavy dose of vog in West Hawaii. Since drought conditions appear to be ongoing in Kona, we might want to consider plants for our gardens that are ...

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The flowers of our coral trees are brightly etched against our winter skies. ALTHOUGH I have dealt with the alien invasive plant known as yellow bells (Tecoma stans) in a fairly recent blog, these ...