Butia (left) and Jubaea (right) palms in Victoria, BC
Native Arbutus menziesii on southern Vancouver Island Broadleaf evergreen Great for summer watering restrictions
A stand of palm trees in Parksville, BC, Canada. Many seedlings were produced from these mother plants.
Camellia sasanqua white at Finnerty Gardens just before January 2010. Victoria, BC has the last of Canada's flowers on 2009 and the first flowers of 2010.
What is Feb without flowers in Victoria, BC? Feb is flower count month.
Alberta sunshine invades Vancouver Island and sets various trees in full bloom. Feb 2010
Go Canada Go! A future BC snowboarder on Vancouver Island.
Star Magnolia in late Feb Victoria, BC
Hybrid camellia in Victoria, BC. This tree flowers in pink, white & pink or white flowers.
"Female Trachy" A female Trachycarpus fortunei palm tree enters maturity while enjoying a wetter May. This wet May was bad for tourists but great for Windmill Palms.
Purple Rhodo for ID Can you ID the botanical name for this rhodo? Location: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC
A Windmill palm seedling emerges at the base of another Windmill Palm. A seed fell by a palm tree on Vancouver Island and germinated. Many seedlings are destroyed by coastal BC residents who mistake seedlings for weeds or unknown plants.
A Golden Locust provides a nice background to an exotic garden on Vancouver Island. Robinia pseudoacacia Frisia
Those fuzzy yellow flowers placed over the female Trachycarpus palm flowers are from a hybrid male. Notice that female flowers are less showy. The female usually passes on more of its features.
