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    June 2023 favourites

    Still doing leaves, I remembered only that there was something of interest to me near this bench. I don't think I've ever seen the name...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 4, 2023 at 12:55 AM in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    Astilboides or Darmera?

    I guess not. VanDusen only shows Peltoboykinia watanabei, one accession, in the Japanese Collection, and I photographed the plant in posting #4...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 5:59 PM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Astilboides or Darmera?

    Thanks for the postings, @Douglas Justice. The Astilboides vs. Darmera distinction is so easy in the spring! But in posting #4, it's not clear...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 12:12 PM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Astilboides or Darmera?

    Peltoboykinia in Flora of China @ efloras.org says "Basal leaves long petiolate, peltate or orbicular-cordate, large, palmately lobed; stipules...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 10:49 AM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Astilboides or Darmera?

    Oh, right. I have not seen a label for that, but I was confused about the two Peltoboykinia species in the posting at...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 10:34 AM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    June 2023 favourites

    I will just start this thread with two favourites, and will post more soon. Most exciting to me today were the leaves of Rhododendron insigne, or...
    Thread by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 2:21 AM, 1 replies, in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    Suggestions for improving this Shade Bed ?

    I knew nothing about Zingiber mioga, but I was looking at the Garden Explorer Map - Map | UBC Botanical Garden - in the area where Geranium...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 1:47 AM in forum: Outdoor Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
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    June 2023 in the garden - geraniums

    I'm sure Douglas Justice has said that he doesn't do plants below his knees, but here we are focusing on just that - all Geranium. These are not...
    Thread by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 1:28 AM, 0 replies, in forum: Talk about UBC Botanical Garden
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    Astilboides or Darmera?

    I forgot to confuse all these peltate-leafed plants with Peltoboykinia tellimoides, also in Saxifragaceae. These are at UBCBG, right in front of...
    Post by: wcutler, Jun 3, 2023 at 12:35 AM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    West End / Stanley Park

    I'm sure people can get better photos of the 'Shiro-fugen' flower hangers-on. In our early days, Joseph Lin used to post some great photos of...
    Post by: wcutler, May 31, 2023 at 10:32 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Shaughnessy

    @Anne Eng has been posting the 'Royal Burgundy' at VanDusen for several years, but I had the idea it was a small tree, though she said in 2017,...
    Post by: wcutler, May 29, 2023 at 10:33 PM in forum: VCBF Neighbourhood Blogs
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    Astilboides or Darmera?

    I was at VanDusen Botanical Garden today, not looking for Astilboides tabularis and came across two small plantings of them. There are no flowers...
    Post by: wcutler, May 29, 2023 at 9:57 PM in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Identification: Plerry? Cherum?

    Everything about the tree until I got to the fruits looks like Prunus avium. What made me think it was different were the short length and...
    Post by: wcutler, May 28, 2023 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees