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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘groundcovers’
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 »
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An Odd Couple For The Iris Family.
Posted in colorful berries, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, evergreen, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, Perennials, Specimens, tagged Algerian Iris, Beacon Hill Park, broadleaved evergreen, colorful berries, December blooming, Early yellow flowers, February flowers, Febuary blooming, fragrant flowers, fragrant winter blooming, frangrant flowers, Gladwyn Iris, Glendale Gardens, Government House, groundcovers, Iris foetidissima, Iris foetidissima 'Variegata', Iris unguicularis, January blooming, January flowering plants, June Blooming Flowers, lavender flowers, March blooming, May Blooming Flowers, North African Plants, orange berries, plum colored flowers, purple flowers, variegated foliage, Variegated Gladwyn Iris, white flowers, winter blooming, winter interest, Winter Iris, yellow flowers on January 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Another grey week and another plant hunt for something special. Usually I have a list of plants in mind but right now it is hard because some of the plants I wanted to do were damaged by an unusually hard freeze which came in early November last year. At that time many of the plants [...]
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 [...]
On the Tropaeolum Trail.
Posted in Annuals, Butterfly Attracting plants, Climbing/Vining Plants, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, tagged annuals, August blooming, children's flower gardens, cream flowers, edible flowers, edible leaves, fragrant flowers, fragrant foliage, groundcovers, July blooming, Long blooming, mahogany flowers, Nasturtiums, Orange flowers, pale yellow flowers, peach colored flowers, pink flowers, red flowers, scarlet flowers, September blooming, Tropaeolum majus, yellow flowers on August 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When I was small we would go for walks with our mother in the neighborhood and stop and look at the gardens, some were interesting others where more playful and some just a plain messy. You could tell the ones who liked kids by the plants they often chose, fun ones like squashes, scarlet runner beans, and [...]
The Master Of All The Gardens.
Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, Cut Flowers., groundcovers, Mass Plantings, Perennials, Specimens, tagged Astrantia, Astrantia 'Shaggy', Astrantia 'Sunnidale Variegated', Astrantia ;Magery Fish', Astrantia major, blooms, blossoms, Government House, Great Masterwort, Green flowers, groundcovers, John Gerard, Masterwort, pink flowers, red flowers, white flowers on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I was introduced to todays plant I really did not appreciate its sublime beauty. It was at I time when I knew to gardening in this mild west coast climate which was like coming to a treasure trove of exotic from the plant desert i had lived in. The plant in question was in [...]
They Only come out in the Winter Here.
Posted in groundcovers, Mass Plantings, native plants, Ocean exposure Tolerant, West Coast native Plants, tagged Government House, groundcovers, Licorice Ferns, native plants, North Saanich, Polypodium, Polypodium glycyrrhiza, Summer decidious plants, Victoria, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants, Winter color in the forest, winter interest on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Were I come from the climate is cold and some types of plants are not well represented in the wild or are do not grow there at all. An example is broad leaf evergreen plants. The only types which have survived the extreme cold are those which have adapted themselves to be short enough to be coved by snow [...]
-
Blog Stats
- 182,261 hits
Categories
- Annuals
- attractive bark
- Bulbs
- Butterfly Attracting plants
- Climbing/Vining Plants
- colorful berries
- Colorful foliage
- conifers
- Cut Flowers.
- Drought Tolerant
- evergreen
- groundcovers
- Historic Plants
- Mass Plantings
- native plants
- North American Plants
- Ocean exposure Tolerant
- Perennials
- Quiz
- Shrub/Tree
- South American Plants
- Specimens
- Trees
- Uncategorized
- West Coast native Plants
Name That Plant- A Fashion Plate in Charteuse and Sea Green.
- A Blizard of Blossoms
- The Scent of My Grandmothers House
- A Case For Cotinus.
- The Baron and the Little Flower.
- Silver, Gold and Moonshine All in One Plant.
- Out of the Purple Haze and into the White:
- I Like My Iris Grape Scented and Variegated Please.
- Seducing You With Scent on Grey Days.
- A Hosta Imposter and Other Relatives.
Networked Blogs
Stumbleupon
Reddit
My Tags
Archives
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
Feedit
Blogged
Blogcatalog
Blogged
Blotanical
Bloggernow
Loadedweb
blogtopsites
Topgardensites
ICopyright
![[Get Copyright Permissions]](http://license.icopyright.net/images/icopy-w.gif)
Click here for copyright permissions!
Copyright 2009 Jennifer Howard-GibbonFairshare
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Stumble It!
