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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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 [...]
Theres This Laurustinus in My Ear!
Posted in colorful berries, evergreen, Mass Plantings, Ocean exposure Tolerant, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged broadleaved evergreen, colorful berries, February blooming, February flowers, fragrant winter blooming, January flowering plants, Laurustinus, March blooming, March flowers, pink flowers, shrubs, Viburnum tinus, white flowers, winter blooming, winter flowering, winter flowers, winter interest on January 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Many parking lots and other institutions have parking lots and landscaping which is populated by tough hardy and often broadleaved evergreen plants. These plants have to be attractive and durable and tolerate being neglected. Many of these plants are just green and a background with no real features. A select few are standouts and should be seen [...]
This ‘Budd’ is For My Classmates.
Posted in Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged August Blooming Flowers, Buddilea davidii, Buddleja davidii, Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight', Buddleja davidii 'Harlequin', Buddleja davidii var. nahonensis, Buddleja davidii White Cloud, Butterfly Bush, fragrant flowers, Fragrant Shrubs, Government House, July Blooming Plants, pink flowers, purple flowers, shrubs, Summer Blooming Flowers, Victoria, white flowers on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the hardest thing for new students who are taking Horticultural courses is being exposed to a form of Latin for the first time; Botanical Latin that is. We were given a test to see how well we could spell the botanical Latin names of the first plant we were learning and of course [...]
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 [...]
This Plants Dingle Dangles are Showing!
Posted in native plants, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged blooms, blossoms, botanical, broadleaved evergreen, California native plants, David Douglas, dioecious, ELLIPTICAL, February blooming, February flowers, gardens, Garrya, Garrya elliptica, Garrya elliptica James Roof, January flowering plants, native plants, Oregon native plants, Pacific North West Plants, PLANT, plants, Playfair Park, Saanich, shrubs, Silk Tassel Bush, Victoria, West Coast native Plants, west coast plants, winter blooming, winter flowering, winter flowers, winter interest on February 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
(Coast)Silk Tassel Bushes or Garrya elliptica are a very unusual plant to come across. The first time I saw one I was thrilled, I had never paid attention to the rather boring ungainly shrub located at the top of the long perennial border at Playfair Park in Saanich. It was early in the year and [...]
And the Winner is Viburnum x Bodnantense ‘Dawn’.
Posted in Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, tagged blooms, blossoms, Bodnant, Bodnant viburnum, botanical, Brentwood Bay, Dawn Viburnum, deciduous shrubs, fragrant flowers, fragrant winter blooming, gardening, January flowering plants, pink flowers, plants, shrubs, Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn, viburnums, Victoria, winter blooming shrubs, winter interest on February 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
When I went to Horticulture school in Vancouver we started in September. The largest and most challenging part of the curriculum was learning the 300 new plants. Learning to identify plants in the winter with no leaves, flowers or fruit was for the most part a new experience for all of us. After learning 20 [...]
I was Born at a Castle.
Posted in Shrub/Tree, Uncategorized, tagged blooms, blossoms, flowers, fragrant flowers, gardening, gardens, January flowering plants, shrubs, small trees, winter blooming, winter flowering, winter flowers, winter interest on January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was found in the woods. I can be spicy and sweet. or I can be a bit prickly looking Most of the time you will not pay attention to me Except NOW! Can you tell who I am…..I need HELP!
A Cornucopia of Colorful Berries
Posted in Shrub/Tree, tagged broadleaved evergreen, colorful berries, cotoneaster, gardens, shrubs, small trees, travel, Victoria on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A plant species I mostly find boring is Cotoneaster. They are one of the most commonly overused group of plants seen as groundcovers, hedges and often in utility mass plantings. Some Cotoneasters are beautiful in their own right. The Willowleaf cotoneaster (Cotoneaster salicifolius var. floccosus) is such a plant that is stunning in the correct [...]
Jelena Witch Hazel
Posted in Shrub/Tree, tagged flowers, frangrant flowers, Hamamelis, Hamamelis x intermedia Jelena, plants, shrubs, winter blooming, winter flowers, winter interest, Witch Hazel on January 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For this first entry I had to do some legwork, as I don’t normally take that many pictures of plants in the dead of winter here. At this time it is more difficult to get around because we have had an uncharacteristically large dump of snow which began the week before Christmas. The roads are [...]
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