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The Baron and the Little Flower.

Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, Drought Tolerant, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, North American Plants, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Perennials, South American Plants, tagged April blooming flowers, August blooming, August Blooming Flowers, August flowers, Baron Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karvin, Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Karvin Karvinski, Bony Tip Fleabane, Erigeron, Erigeron karvinskianus, Erigeron karvinskianus 'Moerheimii', Erigeron karvinskianus 'Profusion', Erigeron karvinskianus 'Snowdrift', Erigeron moerheimii, Fleabane, Government House, July blooming, July Blooming Flowers, July flowers, June Blooming Flowers, June flowers, Latin American Daisy, March blooming, May Blooming Flowers, Mexican Daisy, October blooming, pink flowers, Santa Barbara Daisy, September blooming, September blooming flowers, September flowers, Spanish Daisy, white flowers on June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I was listening to the local radio yesterday as I went about my business about town, they were interviewing a local vegetable grower who said crops are 5 to 6 weeks behind where they normally are at this time of year. I knew the season was behind although it seems to me that plants catch [...]

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A Hosta Imposter and Other Relatives.

Posted in colorful berries, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., groundcovers, Mass Plantings, native plants, North American Plants, Perennials, Specimens, West Coast native Plants, tagged April blooming flowers, colorful berries, cream flowers, Dominion Brook Park, Finnerty Gardens, fragrant flowers, groundcovers, Maianthemum canadense, Maianthemum dilatatum, Maianthemum racemosum, Maianthemum stellatum, May Blooming Flowers, Playfair Park, Smilacina, Smilacina racemosum, West Coast native Plants, white flowers, Wild Lily of the Valley on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

When I moved to go to school I soon missed the outdoors in the way I had experienced it during my life. I was no longer able step outside and wander in the woods within a few steps of the home I had lived in. It was not until I moved to the island I [...]

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Tellimas and Other Anagrams

Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, evergreen, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, native plants, North American Plants, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Perennials, West Coast native Plants, tagged April blooming flowers, Beacon Hill Park, British Columbia, burgundy flowers, cream flowers, Cut Flowers., evergreen, evergreen foliage, February flowers, fragrant flowers, Fringe Cups, Glendale Gardens, Government House, Green flowers, groundcovers, maroon foliage, Mass Plantings, May Blooming Flowers, native plants, Norht American Plants, Perennials, Tellima grandiflora, West Coast native Plants, white flowers, winter interest, Woodland plants on May 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

When I was going to for Horticultural training the thing I missed the most was walking in the woods like I could do at Home. I had come from a rural area to a verge large city to go to school and going for a walk was a way to relieve tension from my studies. [...]

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Oregons ‘Grape’

Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, colorful berries, Colorful foliage, evergreen, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, native plants, North American Plants, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, West Coast native Plants, tagged April blooming flowers, Bernard McMahon, British Columbia, British Columbia Plants, broadleaved evergreen, California plants, Finnerty Gardens, fragrant flowers, groundcovers, Mahonia aquifolium, March blooming, May Blooming Flowers, Oregon Grape, Oregon Plants, Thomas Nutall, Washington Plants, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants, winter interest, yellow flowers on April 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This is the time of year which is the most exciting in the garden. After a cold winter we wait with bated breath to see what has survived and even will thrive. I note some Rhododendrons seem to have smaller flowers and the Tulips are finally beginning to show their buds. One plant I associate [...]

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Now A Completely Different Type of Plant – Moss.

Posted in evergreen, groundcovers, Historic Plants, Mass Plantings, native plants, North American Plants, Ocean exposure Tolerant, West Coast native Plants, tagged all season interest., Dichodontium pellucidum, Dicranum tauricum, Fragile Fork Moss, Government House, green plants, groundcovers, Kindbergia oregona, Lichen, minature plants., moss, mosses, Oregon Beaked Moss, Pixie Lichen, Playfair Park, small plants, Sphagnum, tiny plants, West Coast native Plants, Wet Rock Moss, winter interest on January 10, 2011 | 7 Comments »

The are a few types of plants which can be found just about anywhere on earth. Some are grasses others are very successful annuals which have short life cycles and survive even in hostile climate even if it is for a short while. Others are extremely ancient and where some of the first types of [...]

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The Scarlet Letter Q or is it O.

Posted in attractive bark, Colorful foliage, Drought Tolerant, Mass Plantings, North American Plants, Specimens, Trees, tagged acorns, attractive bark, autumn color, Beacon Hill Park, fall color, Mayors Grove, Quercus coccinea, red autumn foliage, red fall foliage, red leaves, Scarlet Oak on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Big winds are starting early this year, the forecast is for a colder winter here. I n=know our winters are nothing like those from the rest of Canada and much of North America, we are wet and very slippery with ice here if it gets cold. With cold weather comes more brilliant colors in the [...]

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This Queen Has A Very Red Face!

Posted in Annuals, Butterfly Attracting plants, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Mass Plantings, North American Plants, Specimens, tagged 'Queen Victoria' Lobelia, August blooming, autumn color, Autumn flowers, colorful foliage, colorful leaves, Government House, Lobelia cardinalis, Lobelia fulgens, Lobelia x 'Queen Victoria', October blooming, red flowers, red foliage, red leaves, September blooming on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Some plants we see are boring because we see them so much in garden, others take us by surprise and we ask ourselves if it’s real. Other plants remind us of other plants but their form or flower is not quite right to be that plant. Many plants that are related bear similar flowers or [...]

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