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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 »

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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A Different Kind Of Easter Treat For The Child In You.

Posted in Butterfly Attracting plants, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Mass Plantings, Perennials, Specimens, tagged April blooming flowers, Beacon Hill Park, Blue flowers, Drumstick Primulas, Finnerty Gardens, fragrant flowers, Government House, March blooming, Mauve Flowers, May Blooming Flowers, Primula denticulata, Primula denticulata 'Alba', purple flowers, U.B.C. Botanical Garden, white flowers, winter interest on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This is the time of year when many things are being renewed and many thing are being learned. College and university classes are near the end and are graduating, people are moving to new places and jobs and the gardens everywhere are waking up. People new to gardening are digging their gardens maybe for the [...]

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Kerrias’ Confusion.

Posted in attractive bark, Butterfly Attracting plants, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, Historic Plants, Mass Plantings, Shrub/Tree, Specimens, tagged 'The Tale of Genji', April blooming flowers, Finnerty Gardens, Government House, Japanese Kerria, Japanese Rose, Kerria, Kerria japonica, Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora', Kerria japonica 'Variegata', March blooming, May Blooming Flowers, Mountain Spray, Playfair Park, William Kerr, winter interest, Yae Yamabuki, Yamabuki, yellow flowers on April 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »

There are many plants that just give me the feeling that they have been in gardens for a long time. Plants which are some how familiar when you first see them but you can not think of what it is in that moment. One such plant for me is Kerria japonica (Kerria) which seems sold [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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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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 [...]

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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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