It's fruit time in Douglas Justice's blog this month: October in the Garden 2025 - UBC Botanical Garden. I posted several of these last month, and also last October, but some of them had different names back then or were just acquiring their new names. I get to post the Sorbus splendens again, the so-called by probably only me Christmas Sorbus. The path east from there leads to Micromeles hemsleyi, known last year as Aria hemsleyi. All the Aria are missing on Garden Explorer - it seems to not be a matter of changing Aria to a single new name. I don't have a new name for Aria yuana. Also no new name yet for Aria thibetica in the Wharton Glade. Here is Medlar, now Crataegus germanica, which last year was Mespilus germanica. Last month I posted the Decaisnea insignis that I always post, on Lower Asian Way. We found two of these near the end of Upper Asian Way. Nadia was impressed with the size of the leaves. I was impressed by how many fruits. The fruits on the one I photographed last month on Lower Asian Way were much darker, we assumed riper. This tree is only two minutes from the new mushroom toilet, which it turns out is not open yet.
I enlisted help finding this Malus yunnanensis, also in the Wharton Glade, which was the only crab apple in the blog that we found. Douglas mentioned that some magnolias produce fruits called a follicetum. This is a Magnolia globosa follicetum. I have not seen the flowers, but it is in section Oyama and flower photos look similar to that. According to Magnolia globosa - Trees and Shrubs Online, it's quite rare in North America (and UBCBG is mentioned as one of the gardens that has it). I've left the blog now, will post some more fruits I liked. This quince, Cydonia oblonga 'Champion', has so many fruits, and they are so beautiful. I think this is Viburnum betulifolium. Euonymus carnosus Rosa helenae, on an Acer japonicum Stachyurus sp. Celastrus scandens
There were flowers too! This is probably the best I will ever do for Zingiber mioga, as the flowers are all down on the ground, shaded by the leaves. Myoga - Wikipedia says it has specific shade requirements, but the plant is growing here in full sun. Here is a video that shows the flower in the bud stage when it's best for use in cooking. Discover Myoga Ginger | Zingiber Mioga – A Japanese Garden Treasure It never occurred to me to look for fruits, shown in this video: The amazing fruit of Zingiber mioga 'Lushan Gold' (edible) #plants #perennials We have posted Zenobia pulverulenta a lot, but in two years, we forgot we even knew it. You can see fruits developing. Impatiens omeiana are pretty much finished, but the effect is still showy. Carex scaposa var. scaposa Symphyotrichum novae-angliae in the Carolinian Garden. Common names are New England aster, Michaelmas daisy. Symphyotrichum subspicatum in the Garry Oak Meadow. Common name is Douglas aster. This may or may not be Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'Raydon's Favorite'. It's on the entrance plaza but listed on Garden Explorer as being outside the fence near the shop. The Pl@ntNet app gives Symphyotrichum oblongifolium an 80% chance of being the right name.
Asclepias incarnata,fruits. AI says 'long, slender pods (follicles) that contain many flat, brown seeds, each attached to a fluffy, parachute-like tuft of silky hairs called a coma. These pods are typically green, turning tan or brown when ripe, and then split open to release the seeds for wind dispersal.'
