A silver buttonwood was planted by members of the Cherry Laurel Garden Club in recognition of Florida Arbor Day, which celebrated its 140th anniversary on Jan. 16.

Arborist Clark Leavitt with the “living-in-the-ground bonsai,” or silver buttonwood tree, at Ala Moana Beach Park. He selected the “silver­iest” of them and had them potted up into larger individual ...

A native tree that wouldn’t look out of place on a windy mountaintop, buttonwood grows with twists and turns and gnarls that make it look like an ancient windswept sentinel. Buttonwood (Conocarpus ...

CAPTAIN COOK — In Hawaii where greenery surrounds us all year, variations in the shade of green can add interest to a landscape, especially when the plant is attractive in its own right. The silver ...