Name That Plant
Blog URL http://namethatplant.wordpress.com/
Located Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Tags plants, perennials, trees, shrubs, bulbs, autumn interest, fragrant flowers, winter flowering, summer flowers
A new plant is highlighted every week. Great photographs and insightful information on the plant in the spotlight. Written by a professional Landscape Designer in the Pacific Northwest
Latest Blog Posts
- A Hidden Gem on Nov 15, 2009 in Cut Flowers. Specimens evergreen Evergreen shrubs foliage interest fragrant flowers fragrant winter blooming Glendale Gardens Government House January flowering plants Manonia x Charity specimen shrubs St Anns Academy winter flowering winter flowers winter interest yellow flowers
This is an article I wrote for ‘The Society of Friends of St Ann’s Academy‘. St Ann’s Academy is where most of the pictures for this article were taken. One job I have done at St. Ann’s Academy is checking the pl...
- They Only come out in the Winter Here. on Nov 8, 2009 in Mass Plantings Ocean exposure Tolerant West Coast native Plants groundcovers native plants Government House Licorice Ferns North Saanich Polypodium Polypodium glycyrrhiza Summer decidious plants Victoria west coast plants Winter color in the forest winter interest
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 hav...
- I Metasequoia in the Park Today. on Nov 1, 2009 in Specimens Trees Conifers Dawn Redwood Decidious conifers Fall tree color lawn trees Metasequoia glyptostroboides Oraange fall color Specimen trees Spring interest in the garden street trees winter interest
When I was in Horticulture school way back in the dark ages we learned about 300 trees and shrubs, the hardest for me were getting the conifers correct in my mind. These are the needle trees and shrubs such as Junipers of which there are many species...
- A Very Well Behaved Missy. on Oct 25, 2009 in Butterfly Attracting plants Cut Flowers. Drought Tolerant Mass Plantings Ocean exposure Tolerant Specimens groundcovers attractive grass seedheads clump forming grasses decorative grasses Eualalia Grass Fall blooming plants Maiden Grass Silver Grass Specimen Plants Winter garden interest winter interest winter interest grasses
We are now on the edge of what I call ‘change over season’ which is when we move from the summer season of warm dry weather to the cool wet winter. This time of the late year is when big storms start to roll in dumping vast amounts of rai...
- There’s a Toad in My Lily! on Oct 18, 2009 in Cut Flowers. Mass Plantings Perennials Specimens Asain flowers Late fall blooming plants Mauve Flowers November flowers October blooming flowers September flowers shade tolerant shade tolerant plants spotted flowers Spotted Lily Toad Lilies Toad Lily Tricyrtis Tricyrtis formosana Tricyrtis hirta white flowers
I have been fortunate to have worked at some very good nurseries which have had great plants which they sold. Trees and shrubs and perennials which cover a vast swath of species, varieties and hybrids. Most of them have traveled from other contin...
- The Scent of Honey in the Fall Air. on Oct 11, 2009 in Specimens Trees Uncategorized aromatic leaves Autumn color in trees Cercidiphyllum japonicum cercidiphyllum japonicum var. sinense Chinese E. H. Wilson Chinese Trees E.H. Wilson fall color fragrant plants Japanese trees Katsura tree peach color in autumn leaves Playfair Park small trees Thomas Hogg Jr. Victoria yellow autumn color in trees
When I was in Horticulture school we learned many plants ranging from small ground covers, larger shrubs and finally to the majestic trees. Some of these plants are very overused while others are not seen enough, it all depends on how well known and...
- One Thorny Customer in Orange, Red or is it Yellow? on Oct 4, 2009 in Drought Tolerant Mass Plantings Ocean exposure Tolerant Specimens colorful berries Fall berries Fall color in the garden Firethorn fragrant flowers hedges June flowering shrubs May flowering shrubs orange berries Pracantha species Prycantha coccinea red berries white flowers winter interest yellow berries
When I finished Horticulture school in North Vancouver I was lucky to be picked to work a practicum position over the summer months while school was not in session(the rest of the year students did the work). It was like another 4 months of school wh...
