Instead of planting all of a flower seed at one time, plant some at first ... baby’s breath, carnations/dianthus, lavender, liatris, gaillardia, aster, coreopsis, lupine, penstemon, and veronica.

Delfina Cuero, a Kumeyaay ethnobotanist and author, wrote in her book that the plant was good for cramps.” San Diego adopted its current official flower, the carnation, on April 28, 1964 via a ...