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 ...

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 ...

The hated Tasmanian blue gum tree - better known as a variety of eucalyptus - has been blamed for virtually every evil short of snatching babies out of strollers, but its species can never be removed ...

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 ...