Like the swoop of 2022, and the Barbie pink cocktails of 2023, this summer’s hottest trend is predominantly visual, and it’s taken the Bay Area by a dainty storm — meet bachelor’s button ...

Q: I live in the country, and my cat sometimes ventures off my deck on nice days. I am planning a garden and want to choose ...

I watered the flowers: bachelor buttons, petunias, chrysanthemums, marigolds and periwinkles. I kept a watering pot handy, and often left it filled the day before so I would remember to do this.

Right now, he's got bachelor buttons, lavender and nasturtiums blooming. Other plants he's looking to grow include edible flowers such as marigolds, borage, sweet Williams and violas.