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ERICA, ERICA'S TREE (and a short history of Guiding) - June 14, 2018
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May 2025 Additions:
Self-guided Tour: Carolinian Forest
April 2025 Additions:
Camellia
x
williamsii
'Freedom Bell'
Curator Report on 2025 projects
March 2025 Additions:
Picea brachtyla
Helleborus foetidus
Cephalotaxus fortunei
Self-Guided Tour, Feb. March 2024: Adopt-A-Tree
February 2025 Additions:
Rudbeckia 'Cherry Brandy
Thuja plicata 'Filiformis'
Acer stachyophyllum
subsp.
betulifolium
January 2025 Additions:
Chelonopsis yagiharana
Aralia
'Sun King'
Kalmia latifolia
Eremurus x isabellinus
'Cleopatra'
December 2024 Additions:
Acer Palmatum
'Beni-otake'
Acorus gramineus
‘Variegatus’
November 2024 Additions:
Dioscorea japonica
Update to profile
Synthyris missurica
Pseudolarix amabilis
Acer palmatum
Acer palmatum
'Twombly's Red Sentinel'
Self-Guided Tour for Winter 2024
: A Winter Meander in the Sino Himalayan
Additional Resources for the Nov. 14, 2024 talk on "Coexisting with Wildfire"
October 2024 Additions:
Aesculus glabra var. arguta
Amaranthus cruentus
‘Hot Biscuits’
Gardener Walk with Andrew
September 2024 Additions:
Echinacea purpurea
'Fragrant Angel'
Chamaecyparis obtusa
‘Crippsii
'
Sedum
'Class Act'
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Self-Guided Tour for Fall: Edibles in the Garden
Gardener Walk with Lisa:
August 2024 Additions:
Macleaya cordata
Revised profile of
Strix varia
(barred owls)
Echinacea purpurea ‘Rubinstern’
Epipactis helleborine
Gardener Walk with Shaun
In the News:
Wonderful Wollemi Pines
July 2024 Additions:
Podophyllum pleianthum
Rosa '
Gloire de Guilan'
Rosa
'Emily Carr'
Rosa
'Felix Leclerc'
Salix lanata
Melianthus major
Gardener Walk with JP
June 2024 Additions:
Magnolia grandiflora
'Victoria'
Comptonia peregrina
Pinus sylvestris
'Watereri'
Meconopsis genus & Meconopsis x sheldonii
Meconopsis
x
sheldonii
'Lingholm'
Lilium formosanum
var.
pricei
Cardiocrinum giganteum
Basics of bionomial nomenclature
6/2024 Plant Collection Record on 'Maps and PCR' page
May 2024 Additions:
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Gardener Walk with Erin - May 20, 2024
April 2024 Additions:
Picea chihuahuana
Cornus sanguinea
'Midwinter Fire'
2024 Gardeners' Walk Schedule
Self-Guided Tour:
Nature and Art
In the News:
Magnolias in the Wild
In the News:
Forest Bathing Pilot Project in Vancouver Parks
March 2024 Additions:
Synthyris missurica
Pinus thunbergii
Rhododendron strigillosum
In the news:
World's earliest fossilized forest
February 2024 Additions:
Styrax obassia
Styrax americanus
Self-Guided Tour for February-March: Plants, Lakes & Bridges
Sam's Continuing Ed Talk on 'Living Fossils
Updated Gardener Staff & Assignments
January 2024 Additions:
Picea rubens
Lindera erythrocarpa
Continuing Education 2024
November 2023 Additions:
Acer palmatum
'Aka-shime-no-uchi'
Plectranthus
'Mt. Carbine'
Corylopsis glabrescens
'Longwood Chimes'
Aesculus
x
bushii
Clethra alnifolia
&
Clethra alnifolia
'Ruby Spice'
October 2023 Additions:
Echinacea purpurea
'Green Twister'
Asclepias speciosa
Origanum
'Kent Beauty'
Tulbaghia violacea
Aloysia citrodora
September 2023 Additions:
Francoa sonchifolia
Spigelia marilandica
'Little Redhead'
Vitex agnus-castus
Diphylleia cymosa
Scilla mischtschenkoana
'Tubergeniana'
Heliopsis
helianthoides var. scabra
'Bleeding Hearts'
Pinus muricata
Alnus hirsuta
var.
siberica
Ugni molinae
Vaccinium parvifolium
Updated Plant Collection Records
Walk in the Garden with David G.
August 2023 Additions:
Amelanchier ainifolia
Rosa
CITRUS SPLASH = Jaczorba
Hemerocallis
'Strutter's Ball' & 'Purple de Oro'
Cercis siliquastrum
Lilium
'Tabledance'
Heliopsis helianthoide
s 'Sunstruck'
Gardener's Walk with Brent
July 2023 Additions:
Aronia melanocarpa
Cortaderia selloana
Allium siculum
Tithonia rotundifolia
Elaeagnus commutata
Notes from Acting Superintendent Garden Walk, June 30
June 2023 Additions:
Quercus acuta
Saxifraga fortunei
Magnolia sargentiana
var.
robusta
Narcissus
'Tete-a-Tete'
Narcissus
'Tete Bouclé'
Narcissus poeticus
var.
recurvus
Camellia japonica
‘Hagoromo’
Salix lapponum
Tropaeolum polyphyllum
Allium 'Mount Everest'
Acer palmatum
‘Nuresagi’
Sedum spathulifolium
Carpinus japonica
Prunus mume
Erythronium 'Kondo'
Curator Update
Conifer Connect
2023 Vegetable Garden Notes/Signage/Plant Lists
April 2023 Additions:
Rhododendron pocophorum
Rhododendron coeloneuron
Narcissus 'Thalia'
Narcissis 'Rip van Winkle'
How to Find Plants in the Garden
(fyi link lives under the drop-down menu 'In the Garden'/Maps and Collection Lists')
Extra Credit - Items in the News about the Plant World
(permanent link is under 'Updates')
Internet Links Useful for Guides
Mexican Plants at VanDusen Guide Education Notes
Self-Guided Tour: Livingstone and Heron Lakes
March 2023 Additions:
Taxus baccata
'Repandens'
Rhododendron
Tessa Group
Rhododendron pachysanthum
Pinus mugo
var.
pumilio
Picea mariana
Acer circinatum
- '
JFS-Purple'
'Monroe'
'Pacific Fire'
Spirea thunbergii
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Halesia monticola
Trochodendron aralioides
March 2023 Guide Education Recording: Japanese Beetles
Updated Plant Collection Record
February 2023 Additions:
Fraxinus griffithii
Juniperus phoenicia
Hamamelis
'Brevipetala'
Acer glabrum
Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiralis'
Tsuga mertensiana
Self-guided Tour: A Tribute to Trees
January 2023 Additions:
Physostegia virginiana
'Miss Manners'
Cotinus coggygria
'Young Lady'
Pinus contorta
Juniperus communis '
Hornibrookii'
Self-Guided Tour: Trees of VanDusen
December 2022 Additions:
Austrocedrus chilensis
Phygelius
(Cape Fuschia)
Cryptomeria japonica
Arauccarioides Group
'Vilmoriniana'
'
Tansu'
'
Pygmaea'
'
Sekkan-sugi
'
VanDusen 2022 Plant Collections Annual Report & Updated Downloadable Garden Map
November 2022 Additions:
Self-Guided Tour: Savouring the Seasons
New Categories:
History of the Garden
&
Backyard Bird Garden
New plant profiles:
Tagetes minuta
Maackia chinensis
Sassafras albidum
Echinacea purpurea
'Green Jewel'
Nothofagus dombeyi
Cornus kousa
var
. chinensis
Pseudotsuga menziesii
'Pendula'
Nov. 10, 2022: From Hawaii’s Lyon Arboretum to VanDusen Botanical Garden: Native plants feed native insects. Why it's important and what can we do.
Speaker: John Shinnick, Volunteer seed collector and guide
GMT20221110-180058_Recording_2240x1260.mp4
October 2022 Additions:
New plant profiles:
Lagerstroemia
Physocarpus capitatas
Solanum aviculare
Heptacodium miconioides
Ptilotus exaltatus
'Joey'
Tsuga canadensis
‘Gentsch White’
Curator's Update
: Irrigation, Heather Garden, Teaching Garden. Drought, Shedding Leaves
October 13, 2022:
- Recording Observations with iNaturalist Canada:
Video:
Guide Education Meeting October 2022.mp4
September 2022 Additions:
September 8, 2022 Education Talk -
Gillian Drake,
Kitchen Botany
Video link
:
GMT20220908-170235_Recording_1920x1080.mp4
New plant profiles:
Thalictrum ichangense
‘Evening Star’
Bupleurum fruticosum
Taxus cuspidata
‘Aurescens’
Shepherdia canadensis
August 2022 Additions:
New plant profiles:
Cotinus coggygria
'Young Lady'
Rhododendron
'Cotton Candy'
Ilex zhejiangensis
Staphylea holocarpa
Populus wilsonii
Rhododendron
(Obtusum Group) 'Kuruma-gaeshi'
Asimina triloba
(Pawpaw Tree)
Story of
Cornus
'Eddies' White Wonder'
Story of Garry Oak
planted in 2009 by HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
July 2022 Additions:
New plant profiles:
Prunus
'Shirotae
'
Rhododendron
'Lem's Cameo'
Jeffersonia diphylla
Amorpha fruticosa
Lupinus polyphyllus
Broussonetia
kazinoki
Merwilla plumbea
Cornus
x
rutgersensis
[AURORA] = 'Rutban'
Holodiscus discolor
Allium cristophii
Baptisia australis
Quercus ilex
Allium schubertii
Allium moly
Oxalis adenophylla
Impatiens omeiana
Stewartia rostrata
Astilbe spp
.
Alcea rosea
Allium cernuum
June 2022 Virtual Walk with Laura:
Behind the Scenes of the Garden
July-August 2022 Self-Guided Tour:
A Summer Stroll
List of Bed Numbers with Locations
June 2022 Additions:
New plant profiles:
Acer velutinum
Prunus
(Sato-Zakura Group) 'Kanzan'
Amsonia
tabernaemontana
Rhododendron arboreum
Rhododendron bureauvii
Rhododendron schlippenbachii
Rhododendron
'Old Port'
Primula sieboldii
Prunus padus
'Wateri'
Sophora microphylla
May 2022 Additions:
New plant profiles
Trillium ovatum
Tulipa clusiana
Helleborus
x
hybridus
'Berry Swirl' (Winter Jewel Series)
Achlys triphylla
Echinacea
cultivars
Camassia leichtlinii
Iris
'Katharine Hodgkin'
Dodecatheon hendersonii
May 2022 Walk with Andrew: North Areas of the Garden
-
enhanced version with photos
-
printable pdf
May-June 2022 Self-Guided Tour: April Showers Bring Spring Flowers
-
enhanced version with photos
-
printable pdf
April 2022 Additions:
Updated Plant Collection Record
Guide Education Videos on Butterflies and Insects
April
2022 Self-Guided Tour: VanDusen's Giants
-
enhanced version with photos
-
printable pdf
New plant profiles
Thlaspi macrophyllum
Acer monspessulanum
Eomecon chionantha
Fothergilla major
Pinus parviflora & P. parviflora f. glauca
Hacquetia epipactis
Paxistima myrsinites
Primula
'Wanda'
Camellia japonica
subsp.
rusticana
Salix fargesii
Salix nakamurana
var.
yezoalpina
Prunus
'Snow Goose'
Prunus subhirtella
var.
pendula
'Snofozam' Snow Fountains
Trachystemon orientalis
Campanula takesimana
Daphne mezereum
Dactylorhiza foliosa
Abeliophyllum distichum
March 2022 Additions:
New plant profiles
Nothofagus antarctica
Salix boydii
+
Laburnocytisus
'Adamii'
Abies veitchii
Veronica
'Great Orme'
Rhodendron
Walloper Group
Erica
x
darleyensis
'Kramer's Rote'
Calluna vulgaris
'Zoe'
Choisya
x
dewitteana
‘Aztec Pearl’
Stone Garden
Curator Updates
February 2022 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Phellodendron amurense
Rosa 'Benjamin Britten'
Hydrangea macrophylla
'Merritt's Supreme'
Kirengeshoma palmata
Viburnum tinus
'Spring Bouquet'
Arum italicum
Begonia grandis
'Heron's Pirouette'
Persicaria virginiana
‘Painter’s Palette'
Caleocedrus decurrens
Chelone obliqua
Chelone lyonii
February-March 2022 Self-Guided Tour: An Historical Walk around the Garden
-
enhanced version with photos
-
printable pdf
January 2022 Additions:
New Plant Profiles
Tsuga diversifolia
Senecio cristobalensis
Styrax japonicus
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Butterflies and Moths
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Flowers
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Leaves
Life on Earth
Light, Energy, and Rainbows
Plant Calendars
Pollination
Pollen
Roots
Scents
Seeds
Soil
Stems
Vascular Plants
Web of Interdependence
Weeds
Bloedel
Search
Internet links
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