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A Beacon of Yellow Flashing in the Mists.

Posted in Colorful foliage, evergreen, Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, broadleaved evergreen, E.H. Wilson, February blooming, February flowers, Finnerty Gardens, March blooming, March flowers, Pere Jean Marie Delavay, Playfair Park, Rhdodendron lutescens 'Bagshot Sands', Rhododendron 'Bo Peep', Rhododendron 'Goosander', Rhododendron lutescens, yellow flowers, Yellow Rhododendron flowers on April 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »

At this time of the year the seasons are changing from winter to spring and with it comes unstable weather. One minute it is bright and sunny and the next it is almost dark and poring with rain, it is a challenge to get out into the garden to work. At this time I go [...]

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The Beautiful Beast.

Posted in Colorful foliage, Drought Tolerant, evergreen, groundcovers, Historic Plants, Mass Plantings, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Perennials, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, charteuse flowers, Creeping Spurge, Donkey Spurge, Euphorbia, Euphorbia myrsinites, evergreen foliage, February blooming, February flowers, Glendale Gardens, Government House, grey foliage, groundcovers, March blooming, March flowers, Myrtle Spurge, seagreen foliage, sprawling plants, trailing plants, winter flowers, winter interest, yellow flowers on March 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Many plants become famous for things other than their flowers. The form and structure of a plant influences how it is used in a garden. The overall color and texture of a plant contributes much to a plants use. Some plants remind people of other things and their name reflects that. Euphorbia species cover all [...]

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A Forsythia Saga.

Posted in attractive bark, Cut Flowers., Historic Plants, Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, tagged April blooming flowers, Common Forsythia, February blooming, February flowers, Forsythia, Forsythia 'Nothern Gold', Forsythia ovata, Forsythia suspensa, Forsythia viridissima, Forsythia x intermedia, Golden Bells, March blooming, March flowers, winter flowers, yellow flowers on March 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »

When I first started horticulture school many years ago it was autumn and the leaves where changing color. The trees and shrubs we were leaning were all new to me and often did not impress me too much in ragged end of year state. As the season progressed into winter I learned to appreciate the [...]

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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 »

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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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 [...]

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Magenta, Just the Color to Brighten Up Your Garden.

Posted in attractive bark, Colorful foliage, evergreen, Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged broadleaved evergreen, February blooming, February flowers, Finnerty Gardens, January flowering plants, March blooming, March flowers, Mauve Flowers, Peter John Mezitt, pink flowers, purple flowers, Rhododendron 'Black Satin', Rhododendron 'Olga Mezitt', Rhododendron 'PJM'(PJ Mezitt'), Rhododendron dauricum, Rhododendron PJM, semi-evergreen, semi-evergreen plants, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter interest on February 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I am always delighted when I come across plants which are new to me and are extra hardy, this is because I grew up in a much colder place. Many species will not live in a place that regularly visits temperature below -25 c. (-13 f.). It is particularly cum with interesting to find shrubs [...]

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The Best of Both Parents.

Posted in attractive bark, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, Trees, tagged Arnold Promise Witch Hazel, February blooming, February flowers, Finnerty Gardens, fragrant flowers, fragrant winter blooming, Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise', Hamamelis x intermedia 'Pallida', January flowering plants, March blooming, Pale Witch Hazel, Pallid Witch Hazel, shrubs, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter interest, Witch Hazel, yellow flowers on February 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Sometimes I have to come back to review a plant and sometimes I like to look more closely at a group of plants. It is often the case that i have found another member of group whether it is a hybrid or completely new species. In this case it is because I see more of [...]

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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 [...]

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Finding x Ericsmithii.

Posted in Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., groundcovers, Mass Plantings, Perennials, Specimens, tagged broadleaved evergreen, deer resistant plants, Eric Smith, Eric Smith Hellebores, evergreen perennials, February blooming, Finnerty Gardens, Glendale Gardens, Government House, Hellebores, Helleborus argutifolius, Helleborus lividus, Helleborus niger, Helleborus x ericsmithii, hybrid hellebores, January flowering plants, Long blooming plants, March blooming, pink flowers, plantsman Eric Smith, propagator Eric Smith, rabbit resistant plants, white flowers, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter interest on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Although it has been unusually cool and wet already this winter it is surprising how much is going on in the garden right now. Already the buds on many shrubs are stirring and growing larger and I have seen germinated seedlings with their first leaves emerging from places. The earliest blooming plants are starting to [...]

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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 [...]

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