Calliandra (haematocephala) species contains more than 150 different kinds of shrubs and small trees, all shapes and sizes. This group of plants is greatly appreciated in southwest Florida because ...

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 ...

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 ...