Q When I was in L.A. visiting friends recently, I saw several silk floss trees covered with flowers. Remembering that the Ruth Bancroft Garden has one as well, I expected to find it flowering ...

The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad ...