My reason for posting is to find a person or group who will be financially able to take over a property up here that is as close to a botanical garden that I've ever seen. It is an old homestead and the owner spent several years training at Kew Gardens then returned to shape their own collection of rare and species Rhodos, trees and shrubs from around the world. The list is quite extensive and I will email it or post it if the moderator permits. The other half of this 5+ acres is second growth cedar and firs that are untouched since the fires of 1905. The reason I'm posting here is that this property is subdividable and a small group of like-minded conservationist gardening enthusiasts could each end up with a large acreage of the quality you may never see again, if they were to enter a group purchase. Alternately, a single philanthropic initiative would also serve the ultimate purpose of protecting and nurturing this rare parcel. It is located in Roberts Creek and is twenty minutes from the ferry. Please email me if you are interested. mike_carson@sunshine.net
Hello Mike, Please feel free to post the list of plants. A number of garden members, forum members and UBC Botanical Garden Friends of the Garden live on the Sunshine Coast - in fact, I visited one of the FOGs in Roberts Creek just last week! I'm glad to see an interest in preserving the property, and I know some people who would be interested to hear about it.
Re: Rare species in Roberts Creek**PLANT LIST** **Plant list**ROBERT JACK GARDEN PLANT LIST SHRUBS Abelia Acebia Actinidia Acuba japonica Amelanchier Arbutus unido Arctostaphylis uva-ursi Arctostaphylis x Berberis (three kinds) Buddlia davidii Buxux Calluna Camelia sasanqua Camelia japonica Chaenomeles Choisya ternate Cistus laurifolius Cladothamnus pyrdaefloria Clematis Clerodendron trichotomum Clethera alnifolia Cornus alba Corokia cotoneaster Corylopsis pauciflora Cotoneaster (several kinds) Cytisus Daphne cneorum Daphne mezereum Daphne (prob. retusa) Daphne (two unknown) Deutzia (unknown) Deutzia gracilis Disanthus cercidifolius Enkianthus campanulatus Erica Erica arboreum Escalonia (three kinds) Eucryphia glutinesa Euonomous europaeus Fatshedra Forsythia Fothergilla Blue Mist Fuchsia (two kinds) Garrya elliptica Gaulnettia Gaultheria (four kinds) Genista aetnensis Hebe (four kinds) Hibiscus Hydrangea bretschneideri Hydrangea macrophyllum Hydrangea macrophyllus hortensia Hydrangea paniculata Hydrangea petiolaris Hydrangea pg Hydrangea aspera Hypericum Jasminum officinalis Jasminum nudiflorum Jasminum parkeri Kalmia hybrids Kalmia latifolia Kalmia augustifolia Kolwitzia amabilis Ledum groenlandicum Leucothoe Leycesteria Formosa Ligustrum Lithospermum Lonicera utahensis Lonicera nitida Lonicera ciliosa Lonicera hybrid Mahonia Menziesia ferruginea Myrtis communis Oleria macradonta Oleria hastii Osmarea burkwoodii Pachistima myrsinites Paeonia hybrid Parthenocissus tricuspidata Pernettya nana Pernettya mucronata Philadelphus (three kinds) Photinia serrulata Pieris japonica Pieris ybrid Pieris Formosa Prunus tomentosa Ribes sanguinium Ribes aureum Romneya coulteri Rosa hybrids (five) Rosa gymnocarppum Rosmarinus officinales Salix (three kinds) Sambucus racemosa Sambucus ceruia Sarcocca hookeriana digyna Scenicio greyi simmia reevsii Skimmia japonica Sparteum junceum spiraea douglassi Spiraea thunbergia Spiraea unknown Spiraea Vanhootii Spiraea beumaldii Stranvasia undulata Stranvasia davidiana Syringa Thymus (two kinds) Vaccinium vites idaea Vaccinium ovatum Vaccinium (three mt. blue) Viburnum burkwoodii Viburnum unknown Viburnum dward UBC Viburnum plicatum tomentosum mariesii Viburnum rhtidophyllum Viburnum tinus Viburnum trilobum Viburnum davdii Viburnum bodnantense Viburnum carlesii Weigelia hybrids (four) Wisteria unknown Wisteria sinensis Zauchneria californica TREES Abies alasiocarpa Abies amabalis Abies grandis Acer circinatum Acer dasycarpum Acer ginnala Acer glabrum Acer japonicum Acer negundo Acer platanoides Acer saccharum Alnus tenseifolia Amalanchier Aralia Arbutus menziesis Asculus atrosanguinia Asculusl hippocastanumt Asimiva triloba Betula Carpinus Ceonothus Cercidiphyllum japonicum Cercis occidentalis Cornus florida Cornus kousa Cornus mas Cornus nuttalii Corylus Cotinus coggygria Crategus Davidia involucrate Fagus Frankalinia altamaha Hamamelis mollis Juniperous Virginia Laburnum Larix occidentallis Libocedrus decurrens Liquidamber Magnolia cross Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia seiboldii Magnolia x soulangeana Magnolia stellata Magnolia wilsonii Malus Metasequoia glyptostroboides Oxydendrum arboreum Parrotia persica Picea Pinus jefferyi Pinus mugo Pinus pinea Pinus ponderosa Pinus sylvestris Pinus thunbergia Populus alba Prunus lusitanica Prunus Quercus (33) Robinia idahoensis Robinia pseudoacacia Sciadopitysverticillata Sequoia sempervirens Sorbus (various) Stewartia psudocamellia Stewartia Styrax japonica Styrax obasa Taxus Thuja standishii Tillia Xanthoceras sorbifolium Zathoxylum schimifolium RHODODENDRONS SPECIES HYBRIDS aberconwayi adenophorum arborescens augustinii auriculatum brachycarpum bureavii burmanicum callimorphum calophytum campanulatum camtschaticum canadense catawbiense album ciliatum cinnabarinum caroaceum dauricum davidsonianum decorum discolor fargesii fortunei fulvum haematodes hodgsonii impeditum keiskei keleticum luteflorum lutenscens luteum maximum album morii moupinense nakaharae occidentale orbiculare psudochrysanthum racemosum rex rubiginusum schlippenbachii serotinum sinogrnade smirnowii souliei wardii williamsianum xanthocodon yakushimanum yunnanense yunnanense(var) chartaphylum A. Bedord Alison Johnstone Anna Rose Whitney Autumn Gold Betty Wormald Black Magic Blue Bird Bow Bells Buttermint Carmen Christmas Cheer Cilpinense Cream Crest Crest Crimson Glory Cunningham's White Daphnoides Elisabeth Hobbie Elizabeth Evening Glow Fastuosum Flore Pleno Fraseri Goldbug Golden Eagle Golden Witt Gormer Waterer Grosclaude Hotei Humming Bird Idealist Ilam Violet Jaipur Leona Loderi King George Lord Roberts Marueen Moonstone Mr. Siebert. Horace Fogg Netty Koster Nova Zembla Olypmic Lady Pink Pearl PJM Purple Splendor Ramapo Red Velvet Sappho Scarlet Wonder Scintillation Shamrock Sir Charles Lemon Spring Parade The Hon. Jean Marie de Montague Thor Trewithin Orange Twinkles Unique Virginia Richards Vulcan's Fame Wilgen's Ruby Willbritt
