Spring is rolling along into summer and most of us are still sticking close to home. Although this is an unfortunate hobbling of our normal activities, more and more of us are getting out and exploring our neighbourhoods on foot. Every day I go for a walk I see more flowers, more vibrant green growth and more people enjoying their gardens. This is a good thing. And think about this: had these pandemic difficulties started in the summer, the burgeoning stream of plants coming into bloom after three months of isolation would be diminishing, rather than increasing.
Not that there aren’t wonderful things to appreciate at every season (and let’s hope we’re not still neighbourhood-bound in October), but spring and summer are when we need to be outdoors recharging our batteries, soaking up much needed Vitamin D, and definitely taking time to smell the flowers.
See the featured plants in April in the Neighbourhood here and May in the Neighbourhood here.
Please click on the images in the gallery below to learn more about each plant.
Featured Plants – June 22-28, 2020
- Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia)
- Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
- Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist)
- Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist)
- Hypericum calycinum (St. John’s wort)
- Eschscholzia californica (California poppy).
- Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia)
For the text version of the featured plant descriptions, please click here.
Featured Plants – June 15-21, 2020
- Spiraea japonica (Japanese spirea)
- Spiraea japonica (Japanese spirea)
- Ranunculus repens (buttercup, creeping buttercup)
- Ranunculus repens (buttercup, creeping buttercup)
- Kniphofia (poker plant, torch lily)
- Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
- Kniphofia (poker plant, torch lily)
- Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
- Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
- Calystegia sepium (bindweed, morning glory)
- Calystegia sepium (bindweed, morning glory)
For the text version of the featured plant descriptions, please click here.
Featured Plants – June 8-14, 2020
- Salvia rosmarinus (common rosemary)
- Salvia rosmarinus (common rosemary)
- Rubus bifrons (Himalayan blackberry)
- Rubus bifrons (Himalayan blackberry)
- Rubus bifrons (Himalayan blackberry)
- Nepeta x faassenii (Faassen’s catmint)
- Nepeta x faassenii (Faassen’s catmint)
- Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender, spike lavender)
- Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender, spike lavender)
- Hydrangea petiolaris (climbing hydrangea)
For the text version of the featured plant descriptions, please click here.
Featured Plants – June 1-7, 2020
- Styrax japonicus (common snowbell, snowbell, styrax)
- Styrax japonicus (common snowbell, snowbell, styrax)
- Salvia officinalis (culinary sage)
- Paeonia lactiflora (common peony, Chinese peony)
- Paeonia lactiflora (common peony, Chinese peony)
- Paeonia lactiflora (common peony, Chinese peony)
- Iris (bearded hybrid iris)
- Iris (bearded hybrid iris)
- Iris (bearded hybrid iris)
- Cotoneaster dammeri (bearberry cotoneaster)
- Cotoneaster dammeri (bearberry cotoneaster)
- Cotoneaster dammeri (bearberry cotoneaster)
- Salvia officinalis (culinary sage)
- Paeonia lactiflora (common peony, Chinese peony)
For the text version of the featured plant descriptions, please click here.
Submitted by: Douglas Justice, Associate Director, Horticulture and Collections
Hi Jean, thank you for your inquiry. We would recommend that you post your question to our Garden Forums page, where our horticulturists and other plant enthusiasts in the community are answering questions similar to yours. Hope this helps. https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/
Great information. My son’s land and home will be lost with the Patella bridge expansion. I want to remove and replant a peony that is over 100 years old. Can someone give me advice.