When I went to work for a large wholesale perennial grower I was surprised by the diversity of material that was sold. They wanted to extend their sales season by selling not only perennials but include other related plant material such as Heather, herbs, small shrubs and in the earliest spring small bulb which you [...]
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Reticulate This!
Posted in Bulbs, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, tagged Blue flowers, February blooming, February flowers, fragrant flowers, fragrant winter blooming, Iris "George', Iris 'Katherine Hodgkin', Iris danfordiae, Iris histrioides, Iris reticulata, Iris reticulata "Alida', Iris reticulata 'George', Iris winogradowii, March blooming, March flowers, purple flowers, Reticulated Iris, white flowers, winter flowers, yellow flowers on March 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Colors Found in Dutch Crocus Painting.
Posted in Bulbs, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., groundcovers, Mass Plantings, Specimens, tagged Beacon Hill Park, Blue crocus, Blue flowers, Cream crocus, Crocus, Crocus 'Pickwick', Crocus biflorus, Crocus chrysanthus, Crocus vernus, Dutch Crocus, February blooming, February flowers, fragrant flowers, Gold Crocus, Government House, groundcovers, January flowering plants, March blooming, Mauve Flowers, purple Crocus, purple flowers, Saffron Crocus, Spring blooming Crocus, striped Crocus flowers, striped flowers, white Crocus, white flowers, winter blooming, winter flowering, winter flowers, Yellow Crocus, yellow flowers on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As I look out my window today I remember what it was like at this time of year; it is the middle of February and still the snow is falling and the piles of it are getting higher and higher. Back then any sunny day would make me anxious for spring to come with the [...]
A Tapestry of Foliage and Flower.
Posted in Bulbs, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., groundcovers, Mass Plantings, tagged April blooming flowers, Attractive leaves, colorful foliage, Cyclamen coum, December blooming, February blooming, February flowers, fragrant winter blooming, frangrant flowers, fuschia colored flowers, interesting leaves, January flowering plants, magenta flowers, March blooming, Mauve Flowers, pink flowers, purple flowers, white flowers, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter garden plants, winter interest on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A bright sunny day always induces me in get out of the house and investigate local gardens and other favorite places. One never knows what will be spring up from the rocky crevices here. Bright spots of color are seen in berries that have remained over the winter, the earliest buds of bulbs and other [...]
Bright, Rosy Twinkles in the Garden.
Posted in Bulbs, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, Mass Plantings, Specimens, tagged Athelstan Hall Cornish Bowden, autumn blooming, autumn blooming bulbs, Bulbs, Drakensburg Mountains, Finnerty Gardens, Government House, Guernsey Lily, Nerine, Nerine bowdenii, October blooming, pink flowers, September blooming, South African Plants, white flowers on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week it has taken a turn for fall the sun shines and the nights are much cooler. Finally there are touches of color developing in the leaves of trees, in the next few weeks the show of yellow, red and orange will be at their peak here. Gardeners are starting to remove spent annuals [...]
Ohh, My Aching Giant Purple Alliums.
Posted in Bulbs, Butterfly Attracting plants, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, tagged Allium 'Globemaster', Allium 'Globus', Allium 'Mount Everest', Allium 'Purple Sensation', Allium aflatunense, Allium cristophii, allium giganteum, Allium hollandicum, Allium hollandicum(aflatunense), allium karataviense, allium macleanii, Alliums, fragrant flowers, Giant Alliums, Giant Onions, June Blooming Flowers, Juune flowers, Mauve Flowers, May Blooming Flowers, purple flowers, white flowers on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was growing up few herbs would grow in my chilly zone 3(-40c or f) city. One daring plant which survived quite nicely was a member of the Allium family and bloomed with mauve papery flowers. Later I saw wild Allium growing along the banks of the Fraser River near Lytton. Here there are [...]
A Crown For An Imperial Head.
Posted in Bulbs, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, Mass Plantings, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, Bulbs, Crown Imperials, fragrant flowers, Fritillaria imperialis, Fritillaria imperialis 'Argenteo Variegata', Fritillaria imperialis 'Aurora', Fritillaria imperialis 'Lutea', Fritillaria imperialis 'Orange Brilliant', Fritillaria imperialis 'Premier', Fritillaria imperialis 'Rubra', May Blooming Flowers, Orange flowers, Ornge flowering bulbs, rodent repelling plants, Specimen Plants, Spring blooming bulbs, Spring blooming flowers, Variegated plants, yellow flowering bulbs, yellow flowers on April 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week I was planning to do a group of three related species. There was so much information on one species and not enough on another and I have changed my mind, some plants deserve an article all their own. The plant I have chosen is not very common here, but when you see it you will [...]
A Jewel Box From Central Asia.
Posted in Bulbs, Butterfly Attracting plants, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, Mass Plantings, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, Bulbs, February blooming, fragrant flowers, Government House, March blooming, Mauve Flowers, Orange flowers, pink flowers, purple flowers, red flowers, Species Tulips, spring blooming, Tulipa, Tulipa bakeri, Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder', Tulipa clusiana, Tulipa greigii, Tulipa greigii 'Chopin', Tulipa kaufmanniana, Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Johann Strauss', Tulipa kolpakowskiana, Tulipa praetans, Tulipa saxitilis, Tulipa turkestanica, Tulips, ulipa clusiana var. 'Chrysantha', white flowers, yellow flowers on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When I was doing my Horticulture practicum in North Vancouver I saw many plants which were new to me. Some other plants were different, they grew more vigorously in the mild climate. I was introduced to some commonly grown plants which I was first seeing in a more wild form. One day when we taking a turn about the garden I [...]
Glory But No Snow I Hope.
Posted in Bulbs, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, tagged Blue flowers, chiondoxa 'pink giant', chiondoxa forbesii, Chiondoxa forbesii var alba, chiondoxa lucilliae, February blooming, February flowers, fragrant flowers, Glory in the Snow, March blooming, North Saanich, pink flowers, white flowers, winter blooming, winter interest on March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Growing up in the north, at this time of the year winter was long in the tooth… we were all tired of it. We desperately looked forward to any warm days when the snow would melt and maybe a patch of green would show through the dirty snow. My mother had planted some tiny bulbs [...]
This ‘Lucifer’ is Not a Devil!
Posted in Bulbs, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Specimens, tagged Bulbs, Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Crocosmias, Cut Flowers., foliage plants, July Blooming Flowers, Late Blooming Plants, Mass Plantings, Montbretia, Orange flowers, Playfair Park, red flowers, South African Plants, Summer Blooming Bulbs, Summer Blooming Flowers on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Growing up in the North, my experience with bulbs was limited. We could not grow many of the showy plants that came from bulbs or if we did we would have to dig them up and store them over the winter in the garage if we had one which did not freeze. This stopped many [...]
Chives is My Name, So Don’t Wear it Out!
Posted in Bulbs, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, tagged Allium schoenoprasum, April blooming flowers, aromatic leaves, Chives, Culinary herbs, Edible Plants, fragrant flowers, herbs, March flowers, purple flowers on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Since I grew up in a very cold zone 3a( can get as cold as -40c/f) we were severely limited in what kind of plants could be grown. The growing season is short and fast, it can freeze into June and has beeen known to do the same in late August too. Fortunately many good [...]
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