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The Shop at UBC Botanical Garden sold a number of small, own-root cherries this spring. Each was about 1 m tall. The plants were produced in the...
I can't argue with much of what you say, but I'm still left wondering what to call (what I assume are) different Thuja plicata seedlings that are...
I'll amend my comment about 'Green Giant' being "virtually impossible to distinguish from western red cedar" to "difficult for the casual viewer...
Thuja plicata (western red cedar), or more likely the hybrid 'Green Giant' (T. standishii × T. plicata), which is a very common hedge or screening...
We're going with Cupressus nootkatensis and Cupressus × leylandii. Here's why (and my apologies for the length of the explanation, but it's fairly...
Regarding the title of this thread, we are now no longer using the name Berberis for the pinnate-leaved, unarmed-stemmed shrubs with terminal...
I did a bit of follow-up research on the (fascinating) floral ecology of Magnolia section Manglietia. Like most (all?) magnolias, those in...
Yes, good point, Ron. But I wonder how quickly that colour disappears. I will endeavour to pay attention to that floral detail in 2022. Happy New...
I believe Magnolia insignis all have red anthers in the female stage (before the pollen is shed). The confusion may be that the flowers are...
Piroche Plants is the likely original source (though retail nurseries seldom disclose their wholesale suppliers). That firm famously introduced...
Agreed. Rhododendron PJM Group plants are wonderful, and I know a lovely linear planting at UBC in a raised planter (with vine maple behind);...
Mahonia aquifolium is a tough plant that does not flower heavily in the shade, and so, would not produce an abundance of berries. Besides, most...
Note that both sets of images (#9) are of R. ochraceum. Rhododendron glanduliferum is a larger-leaved shrub (or tree) with large white to pale...
Yes, Weigela middendorffiana. Sometimes flowering as early as April 29 (e.g., last year).
Laurel and Not-so-Hardy? Har har har.
I always thought that it was Pinus sabiniana (grey or foothills pine), because the cones are quite round (not so loaf-like) and the umbos...
'Whitcomb' is about 20% out at UBC. These are trees are near the parking lot and are not grafted. They are still looking healthy (no signs of...
Looks like a savin juniper (Juniperus sabina) to me. 'Blue Danube', maybe. In my experience, the savins and the Pfitzer junipers (Juniperus x...
Note that these are not the phycoplasma-related witch's brooms we associate with dwarf conifers. In cherries the witch's broom is an ugly...
