Landscape, Floriculture, and Ornamental Plants
Development and transfer of research-based information to support those industries that help make Maui County attractive and enjoyable to its residents and visitors.
Program Staff
Hannah Lutgen, Junior Extension Agent, Maui County Cooperative Extension Service, 310 Kaahumanu Ave., Bld. 214, Kahului, Hawaii 96732. hannahcl@hawaii.edu
Informational Links
CTAHR publication homepage
- Index of free downloadable and for-sale publications and videos
- Farmer's bookshelf (tropical crops information and agricultural news)
Diagnostic links on plant problems
- CTAHR Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center (services provided by this laboratory)
- Knowledge Master (general information on agricultural crops & pests)
- Ask the Experts (CTAHR search engine for information and questions)
- Hawaii forestry pests and diseases (website on new forestry problems)
Pesticide information
- Pesticide information (pesticide search engine and pesticide education)
- Pesticide risk reduction (downloadable publications on pesticide use)
- Turf and ornament pest control (for-sale CTAHR publication)
- Insect control chart for ornamental crops (2004 list of common insecticides)
- Mite control chart for ornamental crops (2005 list of common miticides)
Soils and Plant Nutrient Management
- RX for soils and crops (website on soil fertility and plant nutrients)
- Soil and crop management (downloadable CTAHR publications)
- Plant nutrient management in Hawaii’s soils (for-sale CTAHR publication)
Weeds
- Weed control (downloadable CTAHR publications)
- Right-of-way weed control (for-sale CTAHR publication)
- Weeds of Hawaii’s pastures and natural areas (for-sale CTAHR publication)
Insects and Other Pests
- Insect pests (downloadable CTAHR publications)
- Miscellaneous pests (downloadable CTAHR publications on frogs, mites and snail pests)
- Hawaii’s termites, an identification guide (downloadable CTAHR publications)
- Coqui frog (website)
- Insect control chart for ornamental crops (2004 list of common insecticides)
- Mite control chart for ornamental crops (2005 list of common miticides)
- Turf and ornament pest control (for-sale CTAHR publication)
Plant diseases
- Plant disease (downloadable CTAHR publications)
Nursery and Landscape Plants
- Farmer’s Bookshelf (website on tropical crop production)
- Hawaii plant source guide (for-sale CTAHR publication)
- This Hawaii product went to market (for-sale CTAHR publication)
- Dendrobium production and pest management (for-sale CTAHR publication)
- Growing plants for Hawaiian lei (for-sale CTAHR publication)
- Plant growth in potting media using compost (downloadable CTAHR publication)s
- Preliminary evaluation of compost for potting media mixes (downloadable CTAHR publication)
- Response of Mondo grass and weeds to pre-emergent herbicides (downloadable CTAHR publication)
- Substituting Hawaii compost for peat in growing media for hibiscus (downloadable CTAHR publication)
- Substitution for peat in Hawaii nursery production (downloadable CTAHR publication)
- Vegetative propagation alahee (downloadable CTAHR publication)s
- Vegetative propagation of yellow ohia lehua (downloadsable CTAHR publication)
- New plants for Hawaii (downloadable CTAHR publication)s
- Ornamentals and Flowers (downloadable CTAHR pusblication)
Trees
- Forestry and agroforestry trees in Hawaii (website)
- Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced) (for-sale CTAHR publication)
Turfgrass
- Turfgrass management (downloadable CTAHR pusblications)s
- Response of seashore paspalum to preemergence and postemergence herbicides (downloadable CTAHR publication)
- Response of seashore paspalum to postemergence herbicides (downloadable CTAHR publication)
Landscape
- Landscape (downloadable CTAHR publications)
- Resource Management (downloadable CTAHR publications)
Extension Programs
Educational Programs- Landscape Workforce Development Series
- Import Replacement Plant Information
Ongoing Research Reports
- Physical suppression of Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) in landscape beds
- Best management practices for Proteaceae diseases in Maui County.