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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 11:47 in Vancouver | Read more
Signs of Spring
Three weeks into the new year, with snow merely a chilly memory, rain holding off, and the sun hiding behind grey clouds, I set off for a walk in my local park, Stanley Park, looking for signs of spring. I am especially in search of flowers. In January? I realize that January,...Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 11:47 in Vancouver | Read more
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 12:56 in Vancouver | Read more
Chinese Windmill Palm
When is a tree not a tree? When it’s a palm, a single-stemmed monocotyledon. 0D8EC0AC-3CF3-4B35-B394-5F84D491E9E0.jpeg Along with every other member of the Arecaceae family of palms, the windmill palm is a monocot; its seeds sprout with only one...Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 12:56 in Vancouver | Read more
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Sunday, December 19, 2021 - 15:59 in Vancouver | Read more
Remembering Trees of Christmas Past
As I walk around my West End neighbourhood here in Vancouver, I see some little evergreens planted between the sidewalk and the road. They remind me of the trees of Christmases past. Growing up in post-war Wales, I became used to Christmas trees that were no more than, perhaps,...Sunday, December 19, 2021 - 15:59 in Vancouver | Read more
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 20:39 in Vancouver | Read more
Baldcypress—Taxodium distichum
Taxodium distichum is commonly known as baldcypress (one word), which is a useful name that describes its habit, saying it looks a bit like a cypress that goes bald. In other words, it is a deciduous conifer with needles, and it is in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. Leaves on...Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 20:39 in Vancouver | Read more
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Monday, November 15, 2021 - 17:11 in Vancouver | Read more
Touring Paulik Gardens Neighbourhood Park in Richmond
~ Touring Paulik Gardens Neighbourhood Park in Richmond ~Vancouver Master Gardener Jill W, showed me some of the highlights of Paulik Gardens Neighbourhood Park on Halloween 2021. With my lens being trees, we ambled through the Circle Garden, past the Perennial Garden...Monday, November 15, 2021 - 17:11 in Vancouver | Read more
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 08:12 in Vancouver | Read more
Butterflyway Lane in North Vancouver
On a hot and hazy-blue day in mid-August, I ventured to the District of North Vancouver (DNV) for a Vancouver Master Gardeners tour of a Butterflyway Lane. Shoroplova_IMG_8957_cedar_b-fly_sign.jpg I wasn’t sure what to expect and it ended up...Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 08:12 in Vancouver | Read more
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Sunday, July 4, 2021 - 12:49 in Vancouver | Read more
Identifying a Mystery Tree
The tree’s trunk is braided, fluted, and made of sculptured vertical hills and valleys, some thick, Shoroplova_IMG_7754_muscleswood.jpg The moment I see the photograph of the unusual trunk of this mystery tree and I notice the email’s subject—“...Sunday, July 4, 2021 - 12:49 in Vancouver | Read more
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 16:54 in Vancouver | Read more
A Pollinator Garden at Riley Park
When Riley Park Community Centre was torn down in 2012, a team of community gardeners-cum-activists lobbied the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation for the space to be returned to the community. With the requisite complementary skillsets, such as soil science, horticulture,...Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 16:54 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, June 4, 2021 - 11:51 in Vancouver | Read more
Vancouver’s Blossom Parade in the Rosaceae Family
Photos and text VMG 2021 Student Nina S. Forty thousand street trees in the Rosaceae Family romance Vancouverites in a blossom parade every year. Rose family trees provide a sensory gift with their aromatic, delicate, white, pale pink, ruby red, and vivid crimson buds and...Friday, June 4, 2021 - 11:51 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, May 14, 2021 - 12:36 in Vancouver | Read more
Marcescence in a Young European Beech
When fall arrives for most deciduous trees, the plant hormone ethylene regulates senescence, the aging and withering of leaves. Dead leaves naturally fall to the ground through a process known as abscission. Sometimes though, deciduous leaves stay on a tree through fall, winter...Friday, May 14, 2021 - 12:36 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, April 23, 2021 - 14:22 in Vancouver | Read more
A Row of Prunus ‘Snow Goose’
A row of Prunus ‘Snow Goose’ creates the southern border of Ceperley Meadow in Stanley Park. Shoroplova_1_IMG_8200_prebloom_bud.jpg Shoroplova_2_IMG_8201_Snow_Goose.jpg They reach prebloom in early April;...Friday, April 23, 2021 - 14:22 in Vancouver | Read more
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Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 14:36 in MGABC | Read more
ASK a MASTER GARDENER
Master Gardeners in the regions below would be happy to answer your home gardening questions. While we may not have all the answers, Master Gardeners are trained how to research information for the public Ask a Master Gardener in the Okanagan Region LEARN MORE Ask a Master...Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 14:36 in MGABC | Read more