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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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 »
Heavenly in the Garden.
Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, colorful berries, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, evergreen, Mass Plantings, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged August blooming, broadleaved evergreen, Carl Peter Thunberg, colorful berries, evergreen, Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica, Nandina domestica 'Nana Purpurea', Nandina domestica 'Plum Passion', Playfair Park, red berries, Sacred Bamboo, September blooming, white flowers, winter interest on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back to school, those are dreaded words for some, a relief for others and the beginning of a new chapter in life for many more. I must admit I did not like grade school. It was not until later when I had a break from the grind of it, had more perspective and experience in [...]
Help, An Alien Has Landed in My Garden!
Posted in Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, evergreen, Mass Plantings, Perennials, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, Euphorbia, Euphorbia characias, Euphorbia characias 'Glacier Blue', Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfeniii, Euphorbia characias subsp.characias, evergreen, February blooming, fragrant flowers, March blooming, Mediterranean Spurge, winter interest, yellow flowers on February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I lived in Prince George I had a large cactus and succulent collection which I carefully brought outside during the warm months. I studied the species and hoped to find some of the more interesting forms. One form was round like a baseball and was a Euphorbia. Of the 2000 members of the Euphorbia species there [...]
Having a Jolly Holly.
Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, colorful berries, evergreen, Mass Plantings, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged broadleaved evergreen, colorful berries, Dominion Brook Park, evergreen, Holly, Ilex, Ilex 'Balearica', Ilex 'Golden Milkboy', Ilex 'Wilsonii', Ilex altaclerensis 'Golden King', Ilex aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata', Ilex aquifolium 'Aurea Marginata, Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox Argentea, Ilex aquilfolium, Ilex perneyi, North Saanich, Saturnalia Festival, St Anns Academy, Variegated Holly, Variegated plants, winter interest on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where I grew up is now deep in snow, winter truly has arrived. My brothers who live in the area that I grew up will be out finding a tree at the lake to be decorated for Christmas. Often when I was little one of the excitements was getting the big box of gifts from [...]
Early, Red, Wow, Rhododendron?
Posted in Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, Arnold Arboretum, British Columbia, broadleaved evergreen, Dominion Brook Park, Early Red Flowers, Ernest 'Chinese' Wilson, Ernest H. Wilson, evergreen, February blooming, February flowers, late winter blooming, March blooming, March flowers, North Saanich, red flowers, Red Rhododendrons, Rhododendron strigillosum, Rhododendron Taurus, Rhododendrons, shrubs, small trees, Victoria, Woodland plants on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the Great Victoria we a blessed to have many parks and rural areas which we can explore, often the nearest ones are the places that are overlooked. I had been to Dominion Brook Park near where I live several times with my sister and her son to play and explore the large safe. It [...]
Her Real Name is Erica, But, You Can Call Her Heath(er)
Posted in groundcovers, Shrub/Tree, tagged blooms, blossoms, Erica carnea, Erica carnea Bell's Extra Special, Erica carnea Springwood Pink, Erica carnea Springwood White, evergreen, flowers, frangrant flowers, gardening, gardens, groundcovers, low growing shrub, winter blooming, winter flowering, winter Heather, winter interest on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Victoria has a reputation of being thought of as being the most ‘English’ of North American cities, therefore, you would expect to find the most ‘English’ of all plants commonly planted here. It is true that Erica carnea or Winter Heath(Heaths have needle like foliage and Heathers have scales) is planted here, it’s not very [...]
Her or Him?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged botanical, evergreen, flowers, frangrant flowers, gardens, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter interest on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am called a ‘She’, I am called a ‘He’. Prickly….Maybe? I am in many colors, both in my flowers and foliage. I am so Shy, so, What am I? P.S. check the bottom of the Jelena post, there is a new picture from yesterday.
The Green Giants of Hellebores.
Posted in Perennials, tagged botanical, Corsican Hellebore, evergreen, gardening, Government House, Hellebores, Helleborus argutifolius, January flowering plants, Perennials, Victoria, winter blooming on January 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One place I like to on a regular basis is Government House in Victoria. Yes it really is related to the Government, as the Lieutenant Governor of B.C. lives there. The nice thing for gardeners and plant fanatics is that it has extensively planted beds that hold a vast collection of plants. I nipped into [...]
My next plant…
Posted in Perennials, tagged botanical, evergreen, gardening, Perennials, Victoria, winter blooming on January 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It will be green. It is blooming now. It’s blossoms are pale green. I will post on Sunday with all new jammed packed dispatch from Vancouver Island. All will be revealed, all will be told, all will be known….. on SUNDAY
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