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I always leave a few purslane plants in the garden so I can add some of their tasty leaves to every salad. Purslane has been found to be high in...
I can't really offer any advice, but I can commiserate with you because for the first time my clump of Corydalis scouleri is not blooming this...
1) The entire onion is edible. We mostly use the green hollow leaves in late winter & spring in salads and as a substitute for green onions and...
Urginea in Crete Attached are some photos I took of Urginea at the end of a hike through Samaria Gorge on the south coast of Crete, mid-October...
Native vines I have the impression that Lonicera ciliosa climbs high into trees to get to the light. If you could ensure it gets sufficient light...
Devil's Club distribution "Trees and Shrubs of British Columbia" gives the distribution as "Alaska to Oregon and Montana and around Lake...
Red huckleberry seeds Mike, When you placed the seeds in cold storage, were they in damp peat moss or some other planting medium? This is...
More info Daniel & Jill, Here's some additional info that you might find useful. Stewardship booklets (can be purchased or printed from PDF...
BC native plant nurseries A more reliable list of BC native plant nurseries is posted here: http://www.npsbc.org/Use/use.htm The Sooke area...
New York Times article on greengages Today's (Sept 1) New York Times carries an excellent article on greengages in France. You might have to...
I've noticed quite a few wine and table grape varieties in the Fragrant Flora nursery catalogue. <www.fragrantflora.com> You'd have to email the...
Since you're on Denman Island where water is scarce in summer, incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) would be a good choice. It's very drought...
Datura It might be a species of Datura - sorry, don't which. They come in pure white and shades of blue/purple and are extremely poisonous.
Evergreen Evergreen is a well-established Canadian program that helps schools landscape their yards in an eco-friendly way. The emphasis is on...
Nerine bowdenii My guess would be Nerine bowdenii. Photos and info here: http://www.manntaylor.com/plantweek25.html and here:...
Wow - a streaking bridge-jumper!! :-)
Non-native blackberries Apparently Rubus armeniacus has replaced R. discolor as the accepted botanical name for the more common of the 2...
Impatiens balsamina My guess would be Impatiens balsamina. It's an annual or tender perennial in the same family as garden impatiens, jewelweed,...
plant ID I was thinking of garden phlox (Phlox paniculata), which grows about a metre high, grows in a spreading clump, and comes in pinks,...
plant ID Just a wild guess, but it might be a phlox.
