Under the Solano Sun

Two weeks ago, I was thrilled to discover my Bottle Brush plant, Callistemon citrinus, had finally flowered. There was one full blossom and a few small wispy ones.

Perusing plants at a Santa Barbara nursery while on vacation a few years back, I was drawn to an unusual looking aloe.

Can you remember where you put your car keys? Recent work in the new system of study of plant signaling and memory shows that plants may have better memories than we do! There are fascinating plants high in the Peruvian Andes that have this amazing skill set of memory.

I am a member of a local Rose Society and this past weekend we had our annual rose show. I have been in this society for several years, and this is the first year I exhibited. (Don't ask me why.

My husband and I got up very early one Saturday morning to attend a lengthy meeting indoors at an office building in downtown Sacramento.