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

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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
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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
• Tricyrtis hirta

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December 2021 Additions:​
New Plant Profiles

• Cedrus brevifolia
• Daboecia cantabrica subsp. scotica 'William Buchanan Gold'

​November 2021 Additions:​
New Plant Profiles

• Euonymus planipes
• Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora'
• Corylus colurna
• Castanea sativa ‘Variegata’ ('Aureomarginata') 
• Cedrus  brevifolia 'Trevoron'
• Prunus fruticosa
• Acer maximowiczii
• Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'
• Arctostaphylos densiflora
• ​Erica x darleyensis 'Rubina'

November-December 2021 Self-Guided Tour: Dressed for Winter
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

Garden Story Index (permanent link on Garden Story Homepage)


October 2021 Additions:​
New Plant Profiles

• Vernonia arkansana 'Mammuth'
• Fagus sylvatica ‘Bornyensis’
• Xanthocyparis nootkatensis
• Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
• Disanthus cercidifolius
• Sciadopitys verticillata
• Cautleya spicata
• Aralia elata
• Beesia calthifolia

October 2021 Walk with Erin: Trees in the Sino-Himalayan Garden
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

Continuing Education Video Talks:

• Lora Morandin: Buzz on Bees
• Brian Minter, New Climate Challenges

September 2021 Additions:​
New Plant Profiles

• Rhododendron 'Fastuosum Flore Pleno'
• Thalictrum rochebrunianum
• Rehmannia elata
• Eucryphia x nymansensis
• Symphyotrichum subspicatum
• Betula alleghaniensis​
• Epilobium canum
• Solanum laciniatum
• ​Carpinus caroliniana
• Gentiana asclepiadea
• Eucommia ulmoides
• Sarracenia alata
• Sarracenia minor
• Liquidambar formosana
• Liquidambar styraciflua

September-October 2021 Self-Guided Tour: Six Trees and How They Got That Way
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

August 2021 Additions:​
New Plant Profiles

• Betula nigra [DURA-HEAT] = 'Bnmtf'​

July 2021 Additions:​
July 2021 Walk with Miguel: Vegetables, Alma Van Dusen, Maze, Sunflowers, Stone Garden
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

July 2021 Self-Guided Tour: A Summer Stroll
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

June 2021 Garden Walk with Brent: Roses, Perennials and More
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

New Plant Profiles 

• Rosa 'Celina'
• Rosa 'Salet'
• Rosa 'Duchesse de Montebello'
• Rosa x richardii
• Acer buergerianum 'Miyasama'
• Dicentra 'King of Hearts'
• Kalmia latifolia 'Pink Charm'

June 2021 Additions:​
June 2021 Self-Guided Tour: Edibles in the Garden
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

New Plant Profiles 

• Quercus garryana
• Arbutus menziesii
• Halesia carolina
• ​Rosa x richardii
• Rosa x alba 'Alba Semiplena'

New Plant Category

• Heritage Rose Garden

May 2021 Additions:​
May 2021 Self-Guided Tour: A Pilgrimage (Sino-Himalayan Garden)
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf

May 2021 Garden Walk with Cynthia
- enhanced version with photos
- printable pdf


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

April 2021 Gardener Walk with Laura
- enhanced version with photos  
- pdf version

Bees in the Garden

Jade in the Garden - updated posting



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)

Castanea sativa ‘Variegata' ('Aureomarginata')