Garden Story Index
October 7, 2022: Seven Son Flower - Heptacodium miconiodes
September 30, 2022: The Owl Whisperer - barred owl
September 23, 2022: Berries, Drupes, Pomes, Hips and Haws.
September 16, 2022: Erica Dunn
September 9, 2022: School Supplies: Calocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, pencil
September 2, 2022: Starships, Cardinals, and Devil’s Tobacco: Lobelia
August 26, 2022: Tropical Plants in a Temperate Climate: Hibiscus moscheutos, mallow
August 19, 2022: Tomato Madness
August 12, 2022: Butchart vs. VanDusen
August 5, 2022: Urban Legends of the Vegetable Kingdom: Carrot, Orange, Dutch, Swiss Chard, Brussel Sprouts
July 29, 2022: Queens for a Day - Hemerocallis, daylily, daylilies
July 22, 2022: Monster Roses, Part 2: Rosa multiflora, R. 'Ghislaine de Féligonde', R. 'Albertine', R. Dublin Bay ('Macdub'), R. Cape Diamond ('DARpellerin')
July 15, 2022: Two Monster White Roses - Rosa mulliganii, Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate'
July 1, 2022: Fireworks in the Garden - Astrantia, Eremurus, Delphinium, Cotinus, Holodiscus discolor, Allium christophii, ocean spray, smokebush
June 24, 2022: Rose updates…and a little history - Rosa x centifolia 'Cristata', moss, crested, chapeau, hat, Napoleon
June 17, 2022: Eat a Tree - Picea, spruce tips, beer
June 10, 2022: Rhodos that Pack a Walloper - Rhododendron 'Walloper Group', Halfdem Lem
June 3, 2022: A Stunning Lilac - Syringa meyeri 'Palibin', dwarf Korean lilac, Frank Meyer
May 27, 2022: Bluebell Madness - Hyacinthoides hispanica, Spanish bluebells, English bluebells, bluebell wood
May 13, 2022: Great Camas - Camassia leichtlinii
May 6, 2022: Visitor Centre Certification - Living building, Petals, LEED
April 29, 2022: Better Homes in the Garden for Bees - Mason bees, Leaf-cutter bees, gazebo, lathhouse, orchard fence
April 22, 2022: Bloom Time Roulette - Daphne mezereum, flowering cherries
April 15, 2022: All about Wood Anemones - Anemone nemorosa
April 8, 2022: Cherry Ingram and the Great White Cherry - Japanese flowering cherries, Prunus 'Tai-haku',
April 1, 2022: An April Food Joke for Insects - Sarracenia, pitcher plants
March 25, 2022: Primroses: Prumulus veris, P. elatior, P. vulgaris
March 18, 2022: 'Sugar' Maples - Acer saccharum, A. saccharinum, A. macrophyllum
March 11, 2022: What's in a Name? John Torrey, Torreya grandis
March 4, 2022: One Door Shuts, Another Opens...Torreya grandis, Chinese nutmeg yew
February 25, 2022: Which Bloomed First? Galanthus, snowdrop, Eranthis hyemalis, winter aconite
February 18, 2022: What's in a Name? Snakebark, snake bark, stripebark, striped bark, maple
February 11, 2022: The Beauty of Bark - Arbutus, Acer, Stewartia
February 4, 2022: R.I.P. - Pinus wallichiana, Cedrus deodara, Robininia pseudoacacia, storm damage
January 28, 2022: Tall Trees, Australia Day and Extreme Weather - Eucalyptus
January 21, 2022: Earl Muldoe, a First Nations Renaissance Man - Mosquito story pole
January 14, 2022: Searching for Spring - Cyclamen coum
January 7, 2022: Anna and the Cold Snap - Anna's Hummingbird
December 31, 2021: Happy Families - Jack Harman, Busts, Sculpture, Family, Menzies, Douglas, Linnaeus,
December 17, 2021: Christmas Roses - Rosa "Mutabilis', Rosa Thérèse Bugnet, Helleborus niger
December 10, 2021: Golden Arches - Salix alba var vitellina, Golden Willow, Fedge, Waterfall, Sunflower
December 3, 2021: The Healing Tree - Platanus orientalis, Oriental plane, Hippocrates, St. Paul's
November 23, 2021: Happy Fibonacci Day
November 19, 2021: Lichen Lore - Cladonia, Litmus Paper, Dye, Tweed
November 12, 2021: Before and After - New Hydrangea Bed
November 5, 2021: A Walk Among the Leaves - Fagus grandifolia, Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia macrophylla, Prunus serotina, Aesculus parviflora
October 29, 2021: Halloween and Banes - Fleabane, Dogbane, Baneberry, Wolfbane, Doll's Eye
October 15, 2021: Scarlet Oak Mystery Solved! - J.D. Raulston, Calycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'
October 8, 2021: Missing Magnolias - Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia macrophylla
October 1, 2021: 'Windthrow' - Windstorms, Populus tremuloides (Aspen)
September 24, 2021: Summer Drought and Fall Storms - Pinus heldreichii 'Compact Gem' (Bosnian Pine), Urban Tree List
September 17, 2021: 'Hairy Balls' in the Garden - Gomphocarpus physocarpus
September 10, 2021: Harvesting Quinoa - Chenopodium quinoa
September 3, 2021; The Colour Purple in the Garden - Rosa spinosissima (Burnet or Scots Rose), Phytolacca (Pokeweed), Sambucus (Elderberry)
August 27, 2021: The Mystery of the Scarlet Oak - Quercus coccinea, Anniversary
August 20, 2021: An Allium Mystery
August 13, 2021: 'Mediterranean' Lower Mainland - Lavender & Lavandula
August 6, 2021: Sunflower Garden: History and Heliotropism
July 30, 2021: Gardener Walk with Miguel - Vegetables, Alma VanDusen, Sunflowers, Maze, Stone Garden
July 23, 2021: The Genus Silene - Rose Campion, Donkeys
July 16, 2021: Bad Hair Day in the Garden - Monarda 'Jacob Cline', Astrantia 'Shaggy', Leonotis 'Savannah Sunset
July 9, 2021: Salmonberries and Salmon Runs - Rubus spectabilis
June 18, 2021: Father Goose in the Garden - Canada Geese, Ducks, 'Gang Brood'
June 11, 2021: Very 'Old' Roses - Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose), R. woodsii (Wood's Rose), R. acicularis, (Prickly Rose)
June 4, 2021: Georges Bugnet and His Roses - Rosa 'Thérèse Bugnet
May 28, 2021: Real-Deal Wasabi - Wasabia japonica
May 14, 2021: Suzanne Simard and Birches - Betula papyrifera, Betula nana, dwarf birch, paperbark birch
May 7, 2021: Every Day is Mother's Day in the Forest - Suzanne Simard, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii
April 30, 2021: Happy May(apple) Day - Podophyllum peltatum, Mayapple
April 23, 2021: 'Hot' Magnolias - Thermogenesis
April 9, 2021: Flowering Cherries - Prunus, David Lam
April 2, 2021: Hellebore Hybrids, A Brief History - Helleborus
March 26, 2021: Garden in March-Mellow Yellow
March 19, 2021: Rhododendron Indiana Jones? - George Forrest
March 12, 2021: Happy St. Patrick's Day - Brian Boru oak, Ogham writing system
March 5, 2021: A Quiet Winter Bloomer - Parrottia persica
February 26, 2021: Temperate Rainforests 101 - Blechnum spicant, Polystichum munitum, ferns
February 19, 2021: Flowering Rhodos in Mid-winter?! - Rhododendron rirei, Ernest 'Chinese' Wilson
February 12, 2021: Kissing Cousins of the Tree World - Inosculation, Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'
February 5, 2021: Plantswoman Close to Home - Else Frye, Tsuga mertensiana 'Elizabeth'
January 29, 2021: A Winter Visit with Jelena and Diane - Hamamelis x intermedia
January 22, 2021: Wintersweet Aromatherapy - Chimonanthus praecox
January 15, 2021: Benjamin Franklin's Plant Legacy - Franklinia alatamaha
January 8, 2021: Murder and Mayhem in the Garden - x Cupressocyparis leylandii
January 1, 2021: And a Very Berry New Year! - Photinia niitakayamensis, Ophiopogon planiscapus 'BarrNigrescens', Sorbus hupehensis ‘Pink Pagoda’
December 18, 2020: Down Under, Another 'Noble' Holiday Tree? Wollemia nobilis, Wollemi pine, Australia
December 11, 2020: Lightening Strike #2 - Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas-fir, Doug-fir
December 4, 2020: A Noble Tree for Christmas - Acer nobilis, Acer procera, Noble fir.
November 27, 2020: Burls and Birdseyes - Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple, Sequoia sempervirens, Sitka spruce
November 20, 2020: Leonardo's Rule of Trees
November 13, 2020: Owls in the Garden - Barred Owls
November 6, 2020: Fall Colour Sampler
October 30, 2020: Plants and Witchcraft in the Modern Age
October 23, 2020: Giants in the Garden - Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum
October 16, 2020: Funguses Among Us
October 9, 2020: New Canadian Heritage Apple Orchard
October 2, 2020: How to Preserve Medlars - Mespilus germanica
September 25, 2020: What's in a Name? - Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium, Eutrochium
September 18, 2020: Blackberry Jam - Rubus
September 11, 2020: A 'Jam-Packed' Garden
September 5, 2020: COVID and Waterlilies - Nymphaea, Nymphoides
August 28, 2020: Ceremonial Catalpa - Opening Day, Anniversary
August 21, 2020: Vegetables and Velcro - Actium lappa, burdock
August 14, 2020: Vegetable Garden Stories - Cardoon, Carrot, Tomato
August 7, 2020: Hydrangea Heists
July 31, 2020: Survivor Trees - Ginkgo, Muku, Catalpa
July 24, 2020: Madame Butterfly, The Botanic Version - von Siebold
July 17, 2020: Ellen Willmott, Isabella Preston, Lady Gaga
July 10, 2020: One Trellis and Two Roses - Formal Rose Garden, R. 'Dublin Bay', R. 'Ghislaine de Féligonde'
July 2, 2020: No Sex Please, We're Canadian - Amelanchier canadensis
June 26, 2020: A Birthday Bollwyller - Pear, x Sorbopyrus auricularia
June 16, 2020: Ants on Peony Buds, an Enduring Myth
June 12, 2020: Epiphylly - Helwingia chinensis
June 5, 2020: Rhododendron 'Cynthia' - Ladysmith
September 30, 2022: The Owl Whisperer - barred owl
September 23, 2022: Berries, Drupes, Pomes, Hips and Haws.
September 16, 2022: Erica Dunn
September 9, 2022: School Supplies: Calocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, pencil
September 2, 2022: Starships, Cardinals, and Devil’s Tobacco: Lobelia
August 26, 2022: Tropical Plants in a Temperate Climate: Hibiscus moscheutos, mallow
August 19, 2022: Tomato Madness
August 12, 2022: Butchart vs. VanDusen
August 5, 2022: Urban Legends of the Vegetable Kingdom: Carrot, Orange, Dutch, Swiss Chard, Brussel Sprouts
July 29, 2022: Queens for a Day - Hemerocallis, daylily, daylilies
July 22, 2022: Monster Roses, Part 2: Rosa multiflora, R. 'Ghislaine de Féligonde', R. 'Albertine', R. Dublin Bay ('Macdub'), R. Cape Diamond ('DARpellerin')
July 15, 2022: Two Monster White Roses - Rosa mulliganii, Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate'
July 1, 2022: Fireworks in the Garden - Astrantia, Eremurus, Delphinium, Cotinus, Holodiscus discolor, Allium christophii, ocean spray, smokebush
June 24, 2022: Rose updates…and a little history - Rosa x centifolia 'Cristata', moss, crested, chapeau, hat, Napoleon
June 17, 2022: Eat a Tree - Picea, spruce tips, beer
June 10, 2022: Rhodos that Pack a Walloper - Rhododendron 'Walloper Group', Halfdem Lem
June 3, 2022: A Stunning Lilac - Syringa meyeri 'Palibin', dwarf Korean lilac, Frank Meyer
May 27, 2022: Bluebell Madness - Hyacinthoides hispanica, Spanish bluebells, English bluebells, bluebell wood
May 13, 2022: Great Camas - Camassia leichtlinii
May 6, 2022: Visitor Centre Certification - Living building, Petals, LEED
April 29, 2022: Better Homes in the Garden for Bees - Mason bees, Leaf-cutter bees, gazebo, lathhouse, orchard fence
April 22, 2022: Bloom Time Roulette - Daphne mezereum, flowering cherries
April 15, 2022: All about Wood Anemones - Anemone nemorosa
April 8, 2022: Cherry Ingram and the Great White Cherry - Japanese flowering cherries, Prunus 'Tai-haku',
April 1, 2022: An April Food Joke for Insects - Sarracenia, pitcher plants
March 25, 2022: Primroses: Prumulus veris, P. elatior, P. vulgaris
March 18, 2022: 'Sugar' Maples - Acer saccharum, A. saccharinum, A. macrophyllum
March 11, 2022: What's in a Name? John Torrey, Torreya grandis
March 4, 2022: One Door Shuts, Another Opens...Torreya grandis, Chinese nutmeg yew
February 25, 2022: Which Bloomed First? Galanthus, snowdrop, Eranthis hyemalis, winter aconite
February 18, 2022: What's in a Name? Snakebark, snake bark, stripebark, striped bark, maple
February 11, 2022: The Beauty of Bark - Arbutus, Acer, Stewartia
February 4, 2022: R.I.P. - Pinus wallichiana, Cedrus deodara, Robininia pseudoacacia, storm damage
January 28, 2022: Tall Trees, Australia Day and Extreme Weather - Eucalyptus
January 21, 2022: Earl Muldoe, a First Nations Renaissance Man - Mosquito story pole
January 14, 2022: Searching for Spring - Cyclamen coum
January 7, 2022: Anna and the Cold Snap - Anna's Hummingbird
December 31, 2021: Happy Families - Jack Harman, Busts, Sculpture, Family, Menzies, Douglas, Linnaeus,
December 17, 2021: Christmas Roses - Rosa "Mutabilis', Rosa Thérèse Bugnet, Helleborus niger
December 10, 2021: Golden Arches - Salix alba var vitellina, Golden Willow, Fedge, Waterfall, Sunflower
December 3, 2021: The Healing Tree - Platanus orientalis, Oriental plane, Hippocrates, St. Paul's
November 23, 2021: Happy Fibonacci Day
November 19, 2021: Lichen Lore - Cladonia, Litmus Paper, Dye, Tweed
November 12, 2021: Before and After - New Hydrangea Bed
November 5, 2021: A Walk Among the Leaves - Fagus grandifolia, Nyssa sylvatica, Magnolia macrophylla, Prunus serotina, Aesculus parviflora
October 29, 2021: Halloween and Banes - Fleabane, Dogbane, Baneberry, Wolfbane, Doll's Eye
October 15, 2021: Scarlet Oak Mystery Solved! - J.D. Raulston, Calycanthus raulstonii 'Hartlage Wine'
October 8, 2021: Missing Magnolias - Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia macrophylla
October 1, 2021: 'Windthrow' - Windstorms, Populus tremuloides (Aspen)
September 24, 2021: Summer Drought and Fall Storms - Pinus heldreichii 'Compact Gem' (Bosnian Pine), Urban Tree List
September 17, 2021: 'Hairy Balls' in the Garden - Gomphocarpus physocarpus
September 10, 2021: Harvesting Quinoa - Chenopodium quinoa
September 3, 2021; The Colour Purple in the Garden - Rosa spinosissima (Burnet or Scots Rose), Phytolacca (Pokeweed), Sambucus (Elderberry)
August 27, 2021: The Mystery of the Scarlet Oak - Quercus coccinea, Anniversary
August 20, 2021: An Allium Mystery
August 13, 2021: 'Mediterranean' Lower Mainland - Lavender & Lavandula
August 6, 2021: Sunflower Garden: History and Heliotropism
July 30, 2021: Gardener Walk with Miguel - Vegetables, Alma VanDusen, Sunflowers, Maze, Stone Garden
July 23, 2021: The Genus Silene - Rose Campion, Donkeys
July 16, 2021: Bad Hair Day in the Garden - Monarda 'Jacob Cline', Astrantia 'Shaggy', Leonotis 'Savannah Sunset
July 9, 2021: Salmonberries and Salmon Runs - Rubus spectabilis
June 18, 2021: Father Goose in the Garden - Canada Geese, Ducks, 'Gang Brood'
June 11, 2021: Very 'Old' Roses - Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose), R. woodsii (Wood's Rose), R. acicularis, (Prickly Rose)
June 4, 2021: Georges Bugnet and His Roses - Rosa 'Thérèse Bugnet
May 28, 2021: Real-Deal Wasabi - Wasabia japonica
May 14, 2021: Suzanne Simard and Birches - Betula papyrifera, Betula nana, dwarf birch, paperbark birch
May 7, 2021: Every Day is Mother's Day in the Forest - Suzanne Simard, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii
April 30, 2021: Happy May(apple) Day - Podophyllum peltatum, Mayapple
April 23, 2021: 'Hot' Magnolias - Thermogenesis
April 9, 2021: Flowering Cherries - Prunus, David Lam
April 2, 2021: Hellebore Hybrids, A Brief History - Helleborus
March 26, 2021: Garden in March-Mellow Yellow
March 19, 2021: Rhododendron Indiana Jones? - George Forrest
March 12, 2021: Happy St. Patrick's Day - Brian Boru oak, Ogham writing system
March 5, 2021: A Quiet Winter Bloomer - Parrottia persica
February 26, 2021: Temperate Rainforests 101 - Blechnum spicant, Polystichum munitum, ferns
February 19, 2021: Flowering Rhodos in Mid-winter?! - Rhododendron rirei, Ernest 'Chinese' Wilson
February 12, 2021: Kissing Cousins of the Tree World - Inosculation, Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'
February 5, 2021: Plantswoman Close to Home - Else Frye, Tsuga mertensiana 'Elizabeth'
January 29, 2021: A Winter Visit with Jelena and Diane - Hamamelis x intermedia
January 22, 2021: Wintersweet Aromatherapy - Chimonanthus praecox
January 15, 2021: Benjamin Franklin's Plant Legacy - Franklinia alatamaha
January 8, 2021: Murder and Mayhem in the Garden - x Cupressocyparis leylandii
January 1, 2021: And a Very Berry New Year! - Photinia niitakayamensis, Ophiopogon planiscapus 'BarrNigrescens', Sorbus hupehensis ‘Pink Pagoda’
December 18, 2020: Down Under, Another 'Noble' Holiday Tree? Wollemia nobilis, Wollemi pine, Australia
December 11, 2020: Lightening Strike #2 - Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas-fir, Doug-fir
December 4, 2020: A Noble Tree for Christmas - Acer nobilis, Acer procera, Noble fir.
November 27, 2020: Burls and Birdseyes - Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple, Sequoia sempervirens, Sitka spruce
November 20, 2020: Leonardo's Rule of Trees
November 13, 2020: Owls in the Garden - Barred Owls
November 6, 2020: Fall Colour Sampler
October 30, 2020: Plants and Witchcraft in the Modern Age
October 23, 2020: Giants in the Garden - Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum
October 16, 2020: Funguses Among Us
October 9, 2020: New Canadian Heritage Apple Orchard
October 2, 2020: How to Preserve Medlars - Mespilus germanica
September 25, 2020: What's in a Name? - Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium, Eutrochium
September 18, 2020: Blackberry Jam - Rubus
September 11, 2020: A 'Jam-Packed' Garden
September 5, 2020: COVID and Waterlilies - Nymphaea, Nymphoides
August 28, 2020: Ceremonial Catalpa - Opening Day, Anniversary
August 21, 2020: Vegetables and Velcro - Actium lappa, burdock
August 14, 2020: Vegetable Garden Stories - Cardoon, Carrot, Tomato
August 7, 2020: Hydrangea Heists
July 31, 2020: Survivor Trees - Ginkgo, Muku, Catalpa
July 24, 2020: Madame Butterfly, The Botanic Version - von Siebold
July 17, 2020: Ellen Willmott, Isabella Preston, Lady Gaga
July 10, 2020: One Trellis and Two Roses - Formal Rose Garden, R. 'Dublin Bay', R. 'Ghislaine de Féligonde'
July 2, 2020: No Sex Please, We're Canadian - Amelanchier canadensis
June 26, 2020: A Birthday Bollwyller - Pear, x Sorbopyrus auricularia
June 16, 2020: Ants on Peony Buds, an Enduring Myth
June 12, 2020: Epiphylly - Helwingia chinensis
June 5, 2020: Rhododendron 'Cynthia' - Ladysmith