Under the Solano Sun

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.

Every era has its own style and customs regarding flowers, plantings and garden design. Since the second season of the beautifully rendered PBS series, Victoria, has concluded, it got me thinking about the special way that period viewed flowers and their meanings.

Whenever I get a call from my mom that starts with "Jennifer, I need for you to come over and do" whatever is on her mind in her yard at that moment, I get a little worried. This time, she wanted me to come over to "take care of the little Japanese maple sprouts.