With the spring and onset of summer comes the return of the lerp psyllid insect to Rancho Santa Fe’s trees, an insect that eats up red gum eucalyptus foliage and leaves behind a big mess. The weather ...

In 1906, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad purchased an 8,650-acre tract of land called Rancho San Dieguito, in order to plant eucalyptus trees to use as railroad ties. By 1909, the railroad ...

Eucalyptus have gotten a bad rap when, really, most of the ones that tower over homes and streets and drop limbs seemingly at will, those giants from Down Under that now and then just keel over, ...

Laguna Beach – An ailing 50-foot red gum eucalyptus tree in front of Urth Caffe has been given at least six more months to see if it can recover following efforts by the city to save it. The City ...

NEWPORT BEACH – Some consider the eucalyptus a “wonder tree” for its beauty and medicinal value, while others call it the “widow maker” because of its tendency to drop branches in the summer or simply ...