Since I have moved this year I do not have the chance to visit some gardens as much as I used to, this week I went and investigate a few of my favorites. I went to check the plants in them and see if anything had changed, as you know gardens are always a work [...]
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The Southern Treasures of the Plant Kingdom.
Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, evergreen, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, Trees, tagged August blooming, Beacon Hill Park, cream blooming flowers, cream flowers, Dominion Brook Park, early autumn blooming, Eucryphia, Eucryphia cordifolia, Eucryphia lucida, Eucryphia x intermedia 'Rostrevor', Eucryphia x nymanensis, Eucryphia x nymanensis 'Nymansay', Finnerty Gardens, frangrant flowers, Government House, late summer blooming, Milner Gardens, North Saanich, September blooming, white flowers on September 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Stalking the Oso(berry)!
Posted in colorful berries, Cut Flowers., Mass Plantings, native plants, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, West Coast native Plants, tagged colorful berries, February blooming, February flowers, Finnerty Gardens, fragrant winter blooming, Government House, Indian Plum, January flowering plants, March blooming, North Saanich, Osmaronia cerasiformis, Osoberry, shrubs, small trees, Victoria, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants, white flowers, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter interest on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This time of year, no matter where I am, up north in deep snow, down on the coast in the rain or somewhere else when the sun comes out I want to either work a garden or explore in the woods. This year the spring weather has come extraordinarily early and since I have recently moved I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When an Aster is Not an Aster, But Still is….are You Confused?
Posted in Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, Mass Plantings, native plants, Perennials, West Coast native Plants, tagged Aster chilensis, Asters, August Blooming Flowers, August flowers, California Aster, Common California Aster, fragrant flowers, late summer color, Late Summer Flowers, Mauve Flowers, North Saanich, purple flowers, September blooming flowers, September flowers, Symphylotrichum chilense, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants on August 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When I was small I always looked forward to certain plants blooming in special places that I knew of. One such plant grew along Connaught Hill near where our house was. I spent many hours during the spring all the way into the fall visiting sites looking for those tell-tale plants and being excited to [...]
Achlys, The Sweet After Death.
Posted in groundcovers, native plants, Perennials, West Coast native Plants, tagged Achlys triphylla, Attractive leaves, Beautiful leaves, frangrant flowers, groundcovers, June Blooming Flowers, June blooming plants, May Blooming Plants, May flowers, native plants, North Saanich, Pacific North West Plants, Perennials, Sweet After Death, Vanilla Leaf, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants, white flowers on June 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When I moved from the lower mainland to the Victoria area I noticed several plants growing here which I had not seen before. First there was the Oceanspray(Holodiscus dicolor) which grew everywhere along the rocky drier areas. Then there is the abundance of Garry Oaks (Quercus garryana) which are so starkly noticeable in the winter [...]
Our Own Native Easter Lily
Posted in Bulbs, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, native plants, tagged April blooming flowers, Beacon Hill Park, British Columbia, Bulbs, Erythronium oregonum, Government House, groundcovers, March blooming, native plants, North Saanich, Pacific North West Plants, Trout Lily, Victoria, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants, White Fawn Lily, white flowers, White Trout Lily on April 27, 2009 | 11 Comments »
When I first moved here I did what I always do, travel around the less used roads to get a feeling for the area. This area is quite different from where I had moved from (greater Vancouver) and the pace is slower. It feels more like the area I grew up in, more rural and [...]
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