Landscape designer Ruth Wolfe constantly searches for plants that are out of the ordinary and thrive in San Diego’s Mediterranean climate. Here are some favorites: Pink Powder Puff (Calliandra ...

Several members of the attractive Calliandra genus grow well in Hawaii. Red powder-puff is one of the common names for the Calliandra haematocephala; another is lehua haole. Both names make sense when ...

Those were the days. In the 1970s, among the plants that seemed to be in nearly every Central Florida garden was the red powder puff (Calliandra haematocephala). This massive Bolivian shrub enlivened ...

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