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April 2021 Additions:
Updated Gardener Walk Schedule
Updated Gardener Assignments with map
April 2021 Self-Guided Tour: An April Walk Through the Garden:
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enhanced version with photos
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printable pdf
March 2021 Additions:
Ash's Zoom Talk: "
The Amateur and the Professional: the lives and legacies of Willmott and Jekyll"
Self-guided Tour Feb.-March 2021, VanDusen's Stately Stands of Trees:
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enhanced version with photos
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printable pdf
Zoom help
(under Walks and Talks Schedule)
New Plant Profiles
Eryngium
x
zabelii
'Big Blue'
Juglans cinerea
Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Gold Rush’
Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'
Pinus strobus
Stewartia monadelpha
February 2021 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Eranthis hyemalis
Eryngium
yuccifolium
2021 PCR in .pdf format
on Maps and PCR page
January 2021 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Sedum telephium
'Matrona'
Physocarpus opulifolius
'Diabolo'
Rhododendron smirnowii
Rhododendron '
Lady Clementine Mitford'
Rhododendron
'Nova Zembla'
Rhododendron
'Arthur Bedford'
New 2021 Plant Collection Record
on
Maps and PCR page
New Plant Category
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Witch Hazels
(
(under Plant id by type/trees/deciduous)
December 2020 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Quercus phillyreoides
Rosa
'Mme Plantier'
Ficus carica
Nerine bowdenii
Cathaya argyrophylla
Taxus brevifolia
Abies procera
xx
November 2020 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Coprosma brunnea
Rhododendron kiusianum
Cedrus libani
var
stenocoma
e
Picea omorika
Tsuga mertensiana ‘
Elizabeth’
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Prunus serrula
Euonymus myrianthus
Panicum virgatum
Molinia caerulea
Miscanthus sinensis
Koeleria glauca
October 2020 Additions:
New Plant Category
(under Plant id by type)
:
Berries-Fruits-Nuts
New Plant Profiles
Zanthoxylum schinifolium
Franklinia alatamaha
September 2020 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Calluna vulgari
s
August 2020 Additions:
New Plant Category
(under Plant id by type/shrubs)
:
Hydrangeas
New Plant Profiles
Emmenopterys henryi
Tilia oliveri
Idesia polycarpa
Cotoneasterharrysmithii
Melliodendron xylocarpum
Datisca cannabina
Rubus ursinus
Rubus armeniacus
July 2020 Plant Collection Record (Accession List
) in both .PDF and .XLSX formats
(under the In The Garden button)
July 2020 Additions:
Self-Guided Tour July-August
New Plant Profiles:
Carrierea calycina
(Goat Horn Tree)
Amelanchier canadensis
New Plant Category:
Calycanthus
(under Plant id by type/shrubs)
June 2020 Additions:
Garden Stories Archive
May 2020 Additions:
Toronto Blog about VanDusen
New Plant Profiles:
Crataegus x mordenensis 'Snowbird'
Trachycarpus fortunei
(Windmill Palm)
New Plant Categories
(under Plant id by type)
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Magnolias
(added May 25)
Medicinal Plants
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(added May 25)
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April 2020 Additions:
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival online
Art in the Garden
(under the In The Garden button)
Walks & Talks Schedule
(under the Updates button)
New & updated plant profiles:
Added April 16:
Echinacea purpurea
'White Swan'
Rhododendron macrophyllum
Camassia quamash
Cyclamen repandum
Araucaria auracana
(Monkey Puzzle tree)
Magnolia stellata
Garrya elliptica
'James Roof'
Pieris japonica
Erica carnea
'Beoley Pink'
Eucalyptus coccifera
Maytenus boaria
Added April 1:
Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Morioka Weeping'
(Katsura)
Meconopsis betonicifolia
(check out the video about the Himalayan Blue Poppy)
March 2020 Additions:
Alma VanDusen Garden
(under the In The Garden button, "Gardens")
February/March 2020 Self-Guided Tour
(under the Updates button)
February 2020 Additions:
Gardener Assignments
(under the In The Garden button)
New & updated plant profiles:
Dicksonia antarctica
Mespilus germanica
December 2019 Additions:
Bloedel
: What's That Bird Quizzes 1-4
Map and Collection Lists
(under the In The Garden button)
Latest Plant Collection Record and Invasive Species in the Garden Lists
(under the In The Garden button)
2019 Curator's Plant Collection Report
(under the In The Garden button)
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Maze
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Ash Collection
Camellia Collection
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