Coral Wylie in Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew, © Helen Murray. Confronting the past is essential to shaping and nurturing ...

DODOMA: THE government has taken various measures to control the increasing water hyacinth, in Lake Victoria, including ...

The Princess Vlei Forum has launched an experimental biocontrol project using Megamelus scutellaris planthoppers to manage the invasive water hyacinth by causing it to sink and die. The collaboration ...

Of course, the key is watering. A hyacinth growing in a pot at home should always have slightly moist soil. Therefore, you need to water it regularly. But watering should be moderate. Especially when ...

The East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources estimated in a 2023 study that the invasion of water hyacinth in Kenyan lakes — including Africa's largest lake, Lake Victoria — has led ...

The water hyacinth is native to South America and was reportedly introduced to Kenya in the 1980s “by tourists who brought it as an ornamental plant,” said Gordon Ocholla, an environmental ...

NAIVASHA, Kenya — For someone who fishes for a living, nothing says a bad day like spending over 18 hours on a lake and taking home nothing. Recently, a group of fishermen were said to be ...