The 25th annual Ha’iku Ho’olaule’a and Flower Festival will be ground zero at Haiku Elementary ... and plants of every description.” One of Maui’s largest silent auctions will be staged ...

In 2003, Lori Buchanan, manager of the Molokai/Maui Invasive Species Committee, investigated a glossy-leaved plant with pinkish-purple flowers. She had seen it growing as a shrub in a handful of ...