Summer 1962: It was the summer of “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King (which was a good thing), Marilyn Monroe had just died (a sad thing), and America was soon to be gearing up for a missile crisis ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY IN THE last week or so, a spectacular flowering tree has been drawing attention. If you live near the coast, you may have noticed the showy yellow flowers of the mimosa, but if ...

Mimosa. It’s a tree that looks like it sounds: tropical, exotic, with a distinctive parasol form. Mimosa possesses fine, bipinnate foliage and wispy pink flowers. Mimosa suggests a whispering softness ...