Growing, Propagation, Identification, Appreciation and more! Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:18:19 +0000 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:18:19 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/pacific-northwest-native-plants.330/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:13:38 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/id-native-tree.105392/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/id-native-tree.105392/ invalid@example.com (lizardmarsh) lizardmarsh I wonder if this tree is identifiable from these photos? I don't know whether the color is referred to as gold or yellow. https://photos.app.goo.gl/wCn2xeUkKBhETyBo7
Many thanks.]]> 2 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:20:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/groundcover-not-far-from-crater-lake-hwy-138.91067/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/groundcover-not-far-from-crater-lake-hwy-138.91067/ invalid@example.com (Nadia White Rock) Nadia White Rock View attachment 151223 View attachment 151224]]> 3 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:31:53 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/bitterroot-lewisia-rediviva-in-vancouver.102558/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/bitterroot-lewisia-rediviva-in-vancouver.102558/ invalid@example.com (vitog) vitog Lewisia rediviva when I got home. I have a similar area in the lane border south of our new retaining wall. I was thinking that these flowers just might grow in this gravel-covered soil poor in organic...

Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) in Vancouver?]]> 12 Sat, 03 May 2025 19:49:59 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/arctic-starflower.105142/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/arctic-starflower.105142/ invalid@example.com (eric_r) eric_r 3 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 02:12:00 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/burns-bog-pinus-cortorta-latifolia-vs-pinus-contorta-contorta.105063/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/burns-bog-pinus-cortorta-latifolia-vs-pinus-contorta-contorta.105063/ invalid@example.com (Chad Manley) Chad Manley
I'm wondering if anyone has seen a conclusive data, or been involved in any conclusive studies, which have determined the sub-species of pine which are living in Burns Bog? Is this shore pine (Pinus contorta contorta) or Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta latifolia)?

Thanks very much!

Chad.]]> 2 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:16:41 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/estimate-number-of-native-equisetum-species.104753/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/estimate-number-of-native-equisetum-species.104753/ invalid@example.com (nmalamud) nmalamud Equisetum) in our region.

Pojar and Mackinnon 2014 contains 4: E. arvense, E. fluviatile, E. hyemale, and E telmatiea.

These show up for the top 6 most observed species on...

Estimate number of native Equisetum species?]]> 5 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:53:42 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/small-flowers-at-whistler-peak.104615/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/small-flowers-at-whistler-peak.104615/ invalid@example.com (David Tang) David Tang I am sure this is not a planted one !]]> 4 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:04:55 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-type-of-vetch.104537/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-type-of-vetch.104537/ invalid@example.com (NorthPeace) NorthPeace 2 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:07:58 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/once-a-garry-oak-meadow.104304/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/once-a-garry-oak-meadow.104304/ invalid@example.com (Margot) Margot As I find them, I try to eliminate the competition and give them more room to thrive.
Some, like Miner's Lettuce and Sea Blush, do too well for my liking but I find room for all.
Not all these plants are annuals but they all have...

Once a Garry Oak meadow]]> 6 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:40:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/dead-rubus-spectabilis-salmonberry.104376/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/dead-rubus-spectabilis-salmonberry.104376/ invalid@example.com (Dougy) Dougy
I don't know much about this plant and I'm curious, is this dying off a normal part of the life cycle? Is...

Dead Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)]]> 3 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:10:30 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/found-near-spences-bridge-help-me-id-this.104290/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/found-near-spences-bridge-help-me-id-this.104290/ invalid@example.com (pearza89) pearza89 3 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:18:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/today-i-learned.104284/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/today-i-learned.104284/ invalid@example.com (Margot) Margot Erythronium oregonum and E. revolutum produce hybrids in shades from dark pink to pure white.
This photo was taken along the Tsolum River in Courtenay, BC.]]> 2 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:09:58 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/vanilla-scented-bracken.103868/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/vanilla-scented-bracken.103868/ invalid@example.com (dt-van) dt-van Achlys triphylla. We narrowed it down to a bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum turned brown but still standing. With more sniffing we found about 1 in ten of the bracken near our path had that scent. The darkest brown had the strongest scent. We...

Vanilla scented bracken]]> 4 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:21:28 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/hairy-manzanita-on-the-sw-bc-mainland.103875/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/hairy-manzanita-on-the-sw-bc-mainland.103875/ invalid@example.com (vitog) vitog December 2023 article by @Douglas Justice on the UBC website, where I found this statement: "To be accurate, hairy manzanita is only native to steep, rocky, south-facing slopes on southern Vancouver Island, the southern Gulf Islands and the Sunshine Coast (and south to California), and not to anywhere near Vancouver." I don't think that this is an accurate statement, because I've seen Hairy Manzanita in...

Hairy Manzanita on the SW BC Mainland]]> 1 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:54:55 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/canadian-source-for-quercus-garryana-acorns.92291/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/canadian-source-for-quercus-garryana-acorns.92291/ invalid@example.com (vitog) vitog
Canadian Source for Quercus garryana Acorns]]> 24 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:32:41 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/cornus-nuttallii.103430/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/cornus-nuttallii.103430/ invalid@example.com (darb) darb
Considering that it's current range extends well into California, would it be safe to assume that it is fairly well poised to adapt to climate change here in SW BC?]]> 3 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:02:31 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/excurrent-shrub-with-large-opposite-pinnate-leaves.103555/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/excurrent-shrub-with-large-opposite-pinnate-leaves.103555/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler The plant I noticed first is very straight, with only large opposite pinnate leaves growing off the main bole or stem or trunk. There doesn't seem to be any way for it to get any wider, as there are no side branches, just the compound leaves.

Then I noticed that there are other individuals around it, but they all seem to be growing from the ground. Or maybe I'm totally wrong, and there is a tree...

Excurrent(?) shrub (?) with large opposite pinnate leaves]]> 19 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 04:23:53 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/douglas-fir-heights-in-submaritime-regions.103540/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/douglas-fir-heights-in-submaritime-regions.103540/ invalid@example.com (reificationofmyth) reificationofmyth
Looking at the BC Big Tree Registry, only the tallest Coastal DF and Interior DF are displayed. Unfortunately, this excludes submaritime CDF.

As someone interested in cold-hardiness and CDF, what heights do CDF achieve in the transition zone with IDF--Pemberton, Boston Bar, Hope, and Sunshine Valley, I believe, being these areas?

Cheers.]]> 1 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:26:23 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/id-please-for-assumed-silene-sp.103477/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/id-please-for-assumed-silene-sp.103477/ invalid@example.com (Trevor Blogg) Trevor Blogg Southern facing dry bluff. (dry moss etc.) Leaves don't match S. vulgaris or any other Silene that I looked at on E-flora.]]> 2 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 19:57:35 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/native-shrub.103458/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/native-shrub.103458/ invalid@example.com (flowery prose) flowery prose 4 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 04:59:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/big-leaved-plant-in-a-ditch-at-whistler-creek.103507/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/big-leaved-plant-in-a-ditch-at-whistler-creek.103507/ invalid@example.com (David Tang) David Tang 3 Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:36:35 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pink-flowers-with-4-petals-at-blackcomb.103506/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pink-flowers-with-4-petals-at-blackcomb.103506/ invalid@example.com (David Tang) David Tang 2 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 02:15:52 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/red-galls-on-garry-oak.103494/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/red-galls-on-garry-oak.103494/ invalid@example.com (Margot) Margot View attachment 244833 I've posted this before but cannot remember what I was told about the relationship of the wasps to the galls on a Garry Oak tree. Interestingly, these red galls are not the same the those produced the the Jumping Gall Wasp galls frequently found on Garry Oaks, nor does the wasp look like the wasps growing in those particular galls.]]> 1 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:50:09 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/identification-for-saprophytic-plant-please.103435/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/identification-for-saprophytic-plant-please.103435/ invalid@example.com (Trevor Blogg) Trevor Blogg View attachment 244087]]> 6 Sat, 10 Jun 2023 22:46:53 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pond-planting-suppliers.103432/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/pond-planting-suppliers.103432/ invalid@example.com (Fiona Akins) Fiona Akins