We say 'Don't waste the money. An example was a planting of nonnative coral trees near Dole Street that died. The committee recommended replacing them with shower trees rather than more coral trees because showers provide better shade. The landscaping on Dole Street, University Avenue and Maile Way, Enoki readily admitted, is a priority because that's what the alumni and other taxpayers see from their cars. But if you do, and you walk through, you see the bald spots.
Landscaping is a marketing tool, for recruiting faculty and staff as well as for students.
The first impression is hard to forget. In addition to simply keeping them clean as with the highway program, they would be encouraged to update the planting. Enoki's staff upgraded the watering system and dug out the dying shrubs two years ago, and Watson replanted croton, pink and blue flowering pentas and a few bromeliads. It is a bright spot, and well maintained. Mock orange, lauae fern, MacArthur palms and pothos for ground cover.