- May 15, 2013: Giant Tree Echium.
- May 1, 2013: A close look at Arisarum proboscideum (Mouse Plant)
- April 29, 2013: A close look at cyclamen.
- April 15, 2013: The plants are up to something.
- April 4, 2013: The nurseryman's burden.
- March 31, 2013: Spring Bulbs
- March 30, 2013: Strange simularities between sanguinaria & jeffersonia
- March 29, 2013: The ill effects of catnip.
- March 14, 2013: Island Garden Event
- March 10, 2013: Under the grow light: a succulent obsession.
- March 2, 2013: Hunting Sedum spathulifolium
- February 10, 2013: A downhill slope to spring
- February 6, 2013: Quote of the day
- January 26, 2013: Baja beaches and giant cacti
- January 9, 2013: January Greenhouse Walkabout.
- January 2, 2013: Save the Echiums: A garden walkabout.
- December 26, 2012: Merry Christmas Plant Geeks
- December 18, 2012: A visit with the Zoo Keeper
- December 13, 2012: I love the California Cactus Center, Pasadena
- November 21, 2012: Tips for growing exotic seeds, an effort of trial and error.
- November 14, 2012: Stupid Garden Plants... on Tv
- October 30, 2012: The Huntington Botanical Gardens: Cactus collection
- October 15, 2012: No rest for a plant geek: warm homes for tenders and tropicals.
- October 3, 2012: Double Issue: A return to the garden: The last few days of jungle life.
- September 19, 2012: Plant Profile 360: Gloriosa superba
- September 11, 2012: Plant Geek Abroad: UC Berkeley Arid House
- August 28, 2012: Plant Geek Abroad: UC Botanical Garden Berkeley
- August 23, 2012: Beaches, Botanicals & Burning Rubber
- August 5, 2012: Sunday Plant Adventure: Eucalyptus Tree House
- July 30, 2012: Three Rare & Strange Plants
- July 15, 2012: Plants ruined my life, and other plant ramblings
- July 5, 2012: Summertime Curiosities - Double Issue
- June 16, 2012: Victoria Cactus & Succulent Society: Josef's Collection
- June 13, 2012: Plant Hoarder's Plant Sale
- June 8, 2012: Succulents in the garden: A June garden tour.
- June 5, 2012: Cactus Weekend - A trip up to Valley Succulents
- June 4, 2012: Cactus Weekend: Mary's Collections
- May 28, 2012: Hardening off your plants
- May 27, 2012: Spider osteospermum
- May 22, 2012: Sore Backs, stiff necks and a garden tour in May.
- May 7, 2012: Plant Hoarding: Antique Cacti and other planty nonesense
- May 1, 2012: Spring Plant Hoarding
- April 30, 2012: Bizarre Brassicas
- April 26, 2012: Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade'
- April 24, 2012: A late April Garden Tour
- April 18, 2012: Tales of a plant lunatic
- April 16, 2012: I spot Spotty Dotty: Podophyllum self seeding
- April 8, 2012: Is my plant dead? Understanding plant's cycles.
- April 7, 2012: A spring walk through Government House
- April 3, 2012: A closer look at my succulent collection: Spring 2012
- April 2, 2012: Plant Hoarding: The first of many spring adventures
- March 27, 2012: Spring makes for one busy plant geek.
- March 25, 2012: The Succulent Report: Pseudolithos migiurtinus
- March 22, 2012: A menacing flower
- March 19, 2012: A visit to Brentwood Bay Nurseries : Succulents!
- March 18, 2012: Sorting Cyclamen Aerobics
- March 13, 2012: The Garden in March
- March 12, 2012: Plant Hoarding: Petasites palmatus
- March 4, 2012: The March Garden Walkabout: It's beginning to feel like spring.
- March 3, 2012: Victoria Orchid Society: Spring Show & Sale
- February 26, 2012: Spring has sprung: A greenhouse walk about
- February 21, 2012: My garden away from home: Saltspring Island
- February 19, 2012: Take a break from your day and enjoy the simple things in life
- February 12, 2012: A tip toe around the grow light: A Plant Tour.
- February 11, 2012: Where your petunia starts it's adventure: Industrial Greenhouses.
- February 11, 2012: Skinning a Greenhouse in 27 seconds.
- February 4, 2012: Plant Hoarding: Another Late Plant Order.... shame.
- February 1, 2012: Ordering Plants On Ebay : Pseudolithos migiurtinus
- January 31, 2012: Manic Sundays: A trip to the greenhouse.
- January 30, 2012: Spring already? Buying Palm Trees in January...
- January 26, 2012: Easy Succulent Projects
- January 26, 2012: Sponsor a botanist... Ever consider having an onsite gardener?
- January 25, 2012: My Garden.
- January 19, 2012: A quick trip to Hawaii
- January 17, 2012: Snow Day: It was bound to happen.
- January 15, 2012: Moving a garden... Moving a Life...
- January 14, 2012: Tips on growing excellent Primula polyanthus
- January 10, 2012: Try Mahonia x media for a tropical winter.
- January 9, 2012: The 1000 hour march
- January 3, 2012: Echium Update 2012:
- January 2, 2012: 2011 Plant Awards Part 1:
- December 31, 2011: 2011: The Year of Gardening
- December 31, 2011: Cleaning, Compost & Cacti, and Protea too!
- December 30, 2011: Winter Wish List: Plant Collecting in the winter.
- December 19, 2011: Unidentified Plant
- December 18, 2011: Wierd Science: Cob web trees Pakistan
- December 15, 2011: Who says you can't garden in December: A Garden Tour
- December 14, 2011: Unidentified Cacti - Still Plant Hoarding, even in the winter.
- December 12, 2011: A quick visit to the greenhouse: December 2011
- December 9, 2011: A visit to: Saltspring Island's gary oak meadow.
- December 8, 2011: Plants and Cats - Poisonous Plants to Cats
- December 3, 2011: Gift Ideas for Gardeners: Unique, Practical & Exciting
- December 2, 2011: A Curious Character
- December 1, 2011: Vancouver Island Nursery Tour: Brentwood Bay Nurseries
- November 29, 2011: Specimen Update : Echeveria setosa compacta
- November 28, 2011: ECHIUM UPDATE and comments on winter lifestyle
- November 21, 2011: Plant a tree, watch it grow. A concept.
- November 17, 2011: Specimen Photo: Sinningia leucotricha
- November 16, 2011: Fresh From Thailand: Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle fruit)
- November 15, 2011: As Autumn Fades to Winter: A Garden Timelapse
- November 14, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Cacti on a Tuesday, yes please!
- November 9, 2011: Streptocarpus flowers
- November 8, 2011: Night Garden Photography: Out in the garden after dark.
- November 7, 2011: Specimen Photo: Acacia pravissima buds
- November 6, 2011: Jerusalem Artichoke Crop
- November 5, 2011: Garden Tour: VanDusen Botanical Gardens in November
- October 26, 2011: Plant Science: Collecting Impatiens niamniamensis seeds
- October 25, 2011: Winter Grow Lights : Plants in the house
- October 24, 2011: Specimen Photo : Helianthus tuberosus - Jerusalem artichoke
- October 23, 2011: The proper way to plant a lewisia
- October 17, 2011: Tall Flowers: Will My Dahlia imperialis flower this season?
- October 13, 2011: The Great Plant Migration: Bringing in the tropical, tender and succulent
- October 6, 2011: Gloriosa superba - Growing Gloriosa Vine from seed
- October 2, 2011: Autumn Daze: A Plant Love Affair
- September 29, 2011: Flower Art : Garden Art Attack
- September 28, 2011: Inspirado
- September 26, 2011: Ordering Plants Online: Paul Shirley Succulents Review
- September 25, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Victoria Cactus & Succulent Society Autumn Sale
- September 22, 2011: It's Flowering: Faucaria tigrina
- September 21, 2011: Night Photography of Plants: Autumn Garden Tour
- September 14, 2011: 1 Year of Plant Blogging and the order that never ends.
- September 12, 2011: VICTORIA GARDEN GROUPON: 50% off Cannors Nursery
- September 10, 2011: 2 Day Visit: Passiflora jamesonii 'Coral Seas' (Red Passionflower)
- September 6, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Physostegia virginiana
- August 31, 2011: Succulent Collecting: A walkabout
- August 29, 2011: Timelapse: A Month Spent Amongst The Vines
- August 29, 2011: Gardens out of town: A trip to the Salty Rock.
- August 28, 2011: Summer Flowers : Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
- August 26, 2011: Summer Rainstorm: Water Drop Art
- August 25, 2011: Top 10 Amazing Plants on Earth.
- August 24, 2011: Flowers in Bloom in August:
- August 23, 2011: Growing Podophyllum hexandrum 'Himalayan May Apple' From seed.
- August 22, 2011: The last of the Puya mirabilis flowers
- August 21, 2011: September Plant Sale By Appointment, and garden tours too!
- August 21, 2011: Growing Peony Trees From Seed: Success Story
- August 20, 2011: Garden Science: A Visiting Snail
- August 17, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Echium pinniana (Tree Echium)
- August 15, 2011: Specimen Update: Impatiens “Congo Cockatoo”
- August 14, 2011: Specimen Update: Cyphostemma juttae
- August 14, 2011: A matter of timing: Puya Mirabilis
- August 14, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Puya Mirabilis
- August 13, 2011: In the garden...
- August 10, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Castor Bean, Ricinus communis
- August 9, 2011: Welcome back to the garden...
- August 3, 2011: Jungle fever and the last of the flowering annuals
- August 2, 2011: Garden Pests: Not bug, nor critter, but man it be.
- August 1, 2011: In Bloom: Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
- July 27, 2011: How Capitalism Killed The Horticulturist
- July 24, 2011: Hummingbird Flowers - How to Attract Hummingbirds
- July 23, 2011: How Romantic
- July 18, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Plectranthus argentatus
- July 17, 2011: Up Close: Onopordum acanthium in flower
- July 15, 2011: Why I Like: Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'
- July 14, 2011: Giant Sempervivum
- July 12, 2011: Easy to Grow Annual Climbers
- July 10, 2011: Growing Darmera peltata (Indian Rhubarb) From Seed
- July 6, 2011: Is Roundup Safe? Are Organic Alternatives Realistic?
- July 3, 2011: A couple of plant links for sleepy mondays.
- July 3, 2011: Hello, My Name is Nat, and I'm a plantoholic.
- July 1, 2011: Garden Tour - July 1st Canada Day?
- June 26, 2011: Specimen Photo: Cyphostemma juttae
- June 23, 2011: A Moment of Serendipity: Linaria purpurea
- June 22, 2011: The day after the longest day of the year.
- June 21, 2011: First Day Of Summer
- June 13, 2011: Sedum spathulifolium in flower
- June 12, 2011: Plant Garage Sale Score: Acanthus spinosus
- June 7, 2011: Mystery Plant ID?
- June 6, 2011: Aquilegia Hybrids - Columbines are the poor mans orchid
- June 6, 2011: Lavender Stoechas - Spanish Lavender
- May 31, 2011: Hoya Carnosa is still flowering - random garden event.
- May 29, 2011: End of May, Garden Tour 2011
- May 24, 2011: Saltspring Island Nature Hike - Orchids of BC
- May 18, 2011: Quickie Mid May Garden Tour
- May 16, 2011: pLANT hOARDING: Spring Fever, I think I have room for one more.
- May 15, 2011: Annuals: Garden Impatiens : Impatiens walleriana
- May 9, 2011: Timelapse of a busy greenhouse
- May 7, 2011: Spring garden 360, Busy week at the greenhouse
- May 5, 2011: Saxifraga x urbium Aureopunctata
- May 4, 2011: For The Month of May: Plant Photo of The Day - Phalaenopsis Orchid Flowering
- May 3, 2011: For The Month of May: Plant Photo of The Day - Greenhouse Slugs
- May 1, 2011: Unsuspecting Garden Visitors
- April 29, 2011: For The Month of May: Plant Photo Of The Day. Spring Bird Migrations
- April 28, 2011: Tour my garden - April 2011
- April 28, 2011: For The Month Of May - Plant Photo Of The Day - Sempervivum Pot
- April 27, 2011: For The Month Of May - Plant Photo Of The Day - PW Tiger Stripe Gazania
- April 26, 2011: For The Month of May - Plant Photo of the day. (and the end of April too!)
- April 21, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Alpine Patio Pots, take a closer look
- April 19, 2011: Springtime - overtime - and flowering hoyas
- April 16, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Arisaema griffithii
- April 14, 2011: The greenhouses are filling, filling, full. So. Many. Plants.
- April 12, 2011: Textures of 606 spring bedding - identifying annuals out of color
- April 10, 2011: New Business Cards
- April 9, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Scopolia carniolica
- April 6, 2011: Spring has sprung, greenhouse curiosities, and a busy schedule.
- April 5, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Victoria Horticultural Society Plant Sale
- March 31, 2011: Thetis Island : Fun with Lichen
- March 30, 2011: Plant Hoarding: This is beginning to become a problem.
- March 29, 2011: Skunk Cabbage Spotting: Lysichiton americanus
- March 28, 2011: Weekend Escape: Thetis Island B & B - Cufra Cliffs
- March 24, 2011: Plant and Human Symbiosis
- March 24, 2011: Free Compost Accelerator
- March 22, 2011: Plant Hoarding: Arisarum proboscideum 'mouse plant'
- March 22, 2011: March Garden Tour
- March 20, 2011: Spring begins and so do the camellias
- March 20, 2011: Spring tour of VIRAGS Alpine Garden
- March 17, 2011: Plant..Hoarding/Adoption: Orphaned Jade
- March 17, 2011: 100th post - World's Smallest Primula
- March 16, 2011: 1 month in a cyclamen patch.
- March 15, 2011: Spring is on it's way.
- March 15, 2011: I hate mondays...
- March 14, 2011: Plant word of the day!
- March 13, 2011: Growing Tree Peony from seed
- March 13, 2011: Plant Hoardings: I swear they just followed me home...
- March 10, 2011: Symptoms of a Plantaholic
- March 9, 2011: Plant Hoarding - Another weekend, another box full of plants
- March 9, 2011: Textures of plants
- March 9, 2011: Even the plants are blogging
- March 7, 2011: Plant Spying - The act of spying on people's plants.
- March 7, 2011: That's a fine looking bush.
- March 7, 2011: Plant Spotting: Armeria maritima - Sea Thrift
- March 6, 2011: VIRAGS - Plant ID Curiosity
- March 6, 2011: How to repot a cactus - easy!
- March 5, 2011: March Greenhouse Walkabout
- March 3, 2011: Spring Erysimum blooming
- March 3, 2011: An unlikely visitor
- February 28, 2011: Educate Yourself: Frost!
- February 28, 2011: Plant Surgery - Rejuvinating an old zebrina pendula
- February 24, 2011: Snowy Greenhouse Tour
- February 24, 2011: Perfect Plant Product Photos
- February 24, 2011: Snow Snow... Snow... Beacon Hill Park
- February 23, 2011: Snow Day. I guess winter isn't over yet.
- February 22, 2011: Houseplant Showcase..
- February 20, 2011: Government House Victoria - February Walkaround
- February 20, 2011: February Garden Highlights
- February 20, 2011: Seedy Saturday a Success.
- February 17, 2011: It's Flowering: Iris Reticulata
- February 16, 2011: Seedy Saturday Victoria BC ... on Saturday..
- February 16, 2011: Planted Sugar Peas
- February 16, 2011: Planting Lavender
- February 16, 2011: Plant Hoarding : Ledebouria socialis
- February 14, 2011: Follow up - Finding the right camera for me.
- February 14, 2011: Happy Birthday to me... stepping it up in plant photography.
- February 12, 2011: Plant Hoarding: It's not even spring yet... 3 more plants!?
- February 12, 2011: Popular Demand - More Hellebores Blooming
- February 12, 2011: Demitasse Oak Bay Victoria, soup and a cyclamen
- February 12, 2011: Cheap Laughs
- February 12, 2011: Floral Cyclamen
- February 9, 2011: Greenhouse Daze - So. Many. Primulas. *gasp*
- February 9, 2011: The art of nature
- February 9, 2011: Painted Flower Pots Made In Japan
- February 7, 2011: More Hellebores Blooming: Blackthorn Group
- February 5, 2011: Double Hellebores in bloom
- February 5, 2011: At the Greenhouse: New Job? Availability photographer...?
- February 5, 2011: Jurassic Park
- February 2, 2011: The Plant lab, plant obsession and science
- February 2, 2011: Peperomia flowering
- January 31, 2011: The first day of the rest of my life.
- January 31, 2011: January Garden Highlights
- January 29, 2011: Raindrops in a lupin leaf
- January 29, 2011: Mouse sighting…
- January 29, 2011: Succulents in bottles, the self contained house plant.
- January 29, 2011: Orchid Bouquet
- January 27, 2011: Mouse in the house, mice in the seed drawer
- January 27, 2011: Anacampseros Rufescens Sighting
- January 26, 2011: Cacti Mundo Tour - Survived the baja.
- January 7, 2011: Mexico on Monday… oops.
- January 6, 2011: Plant Hoarding - Parodia Haselbergii / Scarlet Ball Cactus
- January 5, 2011: Tropical Tuesdays: A look at the travelers palm
- January 4, 2011: Pooktre
- January 3, 2011: The Progression of a Garden, and gardener...
- January 3, 2011: Houseplant Mushrooms - Datura Fungi
- December 29, 2010: Hiring a gardener in the winter, not the best idea.
- December 28, 2010: Tropical Tuesdays: Epiphytes!
- December 28, 2010: Pothos Vine - Easy Aquarium Plant
- December 28, 2010: Greenhouse Tour: Saltspring Island
- December 15, 2010: Ancient Forest Alliance
- December 15, 2010: Plant Hoarding - Anacampseros Rufescens
- December 13, 2010: 70 Extremely Exotic Plants…
- December 11, 2010: Plant Hoarding: Sarrancenia: Judith Hindle
- December 10, 2010: Ammarlyis Time Lapse
- December 9, 2010: Landscaping work canceled on account of rain!?
- December 9, 2010: Cyclamen hederifolium - seed germination made easy
- December 9, 2010: Cardiocrinum giganteum – Himalayan Lily Seeds
- December 5, 2010: Gardening for a millionaire
- December 2, 2010: Arum Italicum – winter hello
- December 2, 2010: Frozen Succulents – Aeoniums hate canadian winters
- December 1, 2010: Feeding the machine – Hardwork = a hungry man
- November 29, 2010: Timelapse of amaryllis setup
- November 29, 2010: Mounting a Staghorn fern
- November 25, 2010: Winter Indoor Gardening - Keeping your houseplants happy
- November 25, 2010: Everything's bigger in the tropics.
- November 25, 2010: Mexican Travels : Banana tree in flower
- November 24, 2010: Snow in Victoria
- November 17, 2010: Mexican Travels - Megasized Houseplants
- November 12, 2010: Flower Delivery 101
- October 26, 2010: My Lithops is flowering
- October 26, 2010: The short days of winter, a gardener’s reality check.
- October 4, 2010: Bad weather brings on chrysanthemum Mayhem
- October 4, 2010: Garden Centers / Nurseries – Cut back your herbs already!
- September 27, 2010: Impatiens “Congo Cockatoo”
- September 26, 2010: Growing Art
- September 26, 2010: Holy green tomatos
- September 26, 2010: Quickie Garden Tour Sept 2010
- September 21, 2010: Fall color at the nursery
- September 20, 2010: On the topic of gardening
- September 14, 2010: A little bit about myself, a project overdue





Great blog dude. I’m a young gardener at 32 so it’s fun to read into some of your past adventures etc. Keep up the hard work and if your ever in the comox area I would love your perspective on possible additions to my future PNW oasis.
Beautiful pictures. I’m the gardener in that section of BHP. I get spoilt seeing the beauty.Time to smell the roses I guess.
Hi there – love your site, love your blog. I officially jumped on the ‘succulent obsessed’ bandwagon this past summer, so this is the first winter where I have brought the collection inside. I have several flowering, but in particular an Echevaria Macrophylla that has a shoot on it that’s now over 3 feet tall…….I am not sure if I should leave it or cut it off. Any advice from you or your readers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks from Brentwood Bay
Hello, I’m from Belgium.
What a web site and so many beatifull plants. Do you already know the name of the spotted tradescantia. I’ve never seen it before ?
Hello,
I’ve just discovered Zaluzianskya capensis in your photography at night post. It really look beautiful!
I’d like to show you some of my pictures taken at the Scilly Islands, Uk, where I have just been with a group of volunteers of the Natural History Museum in London for collecting plants, http://www.flickr.com/photos/81267393@N08/, and I’d like to ask you if this http://www.flickr.com/photos/81267393@N08/7576439582/in/photostream could be a Puya. Those islands are affected by mild currents and many tropical species are perfectly acclimated.
Thanks and enjoy
Elisa
“Upon closer inspection this gentian’s flower is a real work of art. Out of this world beautiful, a perfect landing pad for a busy bumble bee. The dots inside are actually protruded bumps and the flower is comprised of a hard plastic-like casing and frilly soft petals when in full bloom. What an amazing shade of blue.”
Quote from you, This is a vision not many have, even the large greenhouse owner I worked for he was all money.
My first realization was at 3 years old, I walked up to a mass of Blooming orange Oriental poppies and the wounder over whelmed me.
So your symbiotic relationship is obvious. Like a lichen growing on your hands What shall you do?
May I indulge in another analogy? When a person goes to purchase tennis shoes it is overwhelming the colors shapes, sizes and name brands. Nothing wrong with color shapes styles. They are found in all plants. Once you see beyond all that you have found your pearl
How will you culture yours.
I will assume your your own web master, looks good. You have purchased your new camera for the logical reason. You are getting a growers training. You sound personable, And your every extra minute is plant obsession witch may need some tempering.
In general your ready
There are many ways to go about it some I learned the hard way some from grower experience. It will be a fine line selling and studying Will one consume the other?
There was a day when some one said to me why don’t you open your own nursery.?
Sound crazy ha
Steve. AKA flying squirrel
members/exch/flyingsquirral
Love your web site. What an accomplishment at such a young age. I would be interested in ordering some stock to start my own plant hoarding biz.