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What's New on Erica's Notebook

April 2021 Additions:​
Updated Gardener Walk Schedule
Updated Gardener Assignments with map

April 2021 Self-Guided Tour: An April Walk Through the Garden:
- enhanced version with photos    
- 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:
- enhanced version with photos
- 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
: 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 ​
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November 2020 Additions:​
New Plant Profiles 
  • Coprosma brunnea
  • Rhododendron kiusianum
  • Cedrus libani var stenocomae
  • 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 vulgaris

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)

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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):
  • Magnolias (added May 25)
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Native Plants
  • Peonies (added May 25)
  • Rhododendrons
  • Roses 

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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

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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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      • Weekly Updates (PDF)
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      • Gardener Walks (PDF)
  • Plant IDs
    • ID By Flower Color >
      • Red Flowers
      • Pink Flowers
      • Orange Flowers
      • Yellow Flowers
      • Green Flowers
      • Blue Flowers
      • Purple Flowers
      • White Flowers
    • ID By Type >
      • Annuals
      • Berries-Fruits-Nuts
      • Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, Tubers >
        • Bulbs
        • Corms
        • Rhizomes
        • Tubers
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Medicinal Plants
      • Native Plants
      • Peonies >
        • Peonies-Overview
      • Perennials >
        • Salvias
      • Rhododendrons
      • Shrubs >
        • Calycanthus
        • Hydrangeas >
          • Hydrangea Background
        • Rhododendrons
        • Roses >
          • Rose Background
      • Trees >
        • Conifers >
          • Cypress
          • Firs
          • Pines
        • Deciduous Trees >
          • Dogwoods
          • Ginkgos
          • Magnolias
          • Witch Hazels
        • Native Trees
        • Tree of the Month
  • In the Garden
    • Map and Collection Lists
    • Art in the Garden >
      • Symposium & Exhibitions
    • Building and Grounds >
      • Bridges
      • Formal Rose Garden Hardscape and Art
      • Grotto Area & Black Garden
      • Korean Pavillion
      • Maze
    • Gardener Assignments
    • Collections >
      • Ash Collection
      • Camellia Collection
      • Rhododendron Walk
    • Gardens >
      • Gardens A-L >
        • Alma VanDusen Garden
        • Bentall Garden
        • Black Garden
        • Canadian Heritage Garden >
          • Canadian Heritage Orchard
        • Cascadia Garden
        • Cherry Grove
        • Chilean Garden
        • Eastern North America Garden
        • Fern Dell
        • Formal Rose Garden
        • Fragrance Garden
        • Heather Garden
        • Herb Garden
        • Laburnum Walk
        • Livingstone Lake
      • Gardens M-Z >
        • Meconopsis Dell
        • Meditation Garden
        • Mediterranean Garden
        • Ornamental Grasses
        • Perennial Garden
        • Rock Garden
        • Sino-Himayalan Region
        • South African Garden
        • Southern Hemisphere
        • Vegetable Garden
        • Woodland Garden
    • Garden History
  • Science
    • Animals & Insects >
      • Birds
      • Butterflies and Moths
      • Insect Friends
      • Small Creatures
    • Buds
    • Colour and Vision
    • Dynamic Symmetry - Fibonacci Spirals
    • Flowers
    • Fruit
    • Germination
    • Habitats and Environments
    • Hormones
    • Leaves
    • Life on Earth
    • Light, Energy, and Rainbows
    • Plant Calendars
    • Pollination
    • Pollen
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    • Web of Interdependence
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