Under the Solano Sun

While thinking about ideas for this blog, I happened upon an advertisement for a well-known big box store.

The son of a landowner, Joseph Banks developed his passion for the outdoors into a lifelong pursuit as an explorer, botanist, and naturalist. At age 17, upon learning that he was unable to study botany at Oxford, he chose instead to pursue this passion with a private tutor. The rest is history.

I was moving some pots around in the backyard this spring when I glanced in one pot and was startled to find beady eyes calmly looking back at me.

My gardening style is often trial and error. This was especially true prior to taking the Master Gardener training and taking horticultural classes at Solano Community College.

Have you ever wondered how flowers got their names? I know I have. I have a book 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells. In the book, she tells of how 100 plants were named. I decided to look up two plants that I have in my yard.