https://hillfarmnursery.com/tomato-long-list-1991-to-2013/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/014-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2025-11-24T04:20:15+00:00weekly0.6https://hillfarmnursery.com/about-faqs/2025-11-24T03:51:45+00:00weekly0.6https://hillfarmnursery.com/plant-guide-2013/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/floral-spray-45-hfn-2021-2-e1618202387651.jpgfloral spray 45 hfn 2021 (2)https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bouteloua-mosquito-grass-free-spirit-hfn-oct-2015-2-comp.jpgbouteloua mosquito grass free spirit hfn oct 2015 (2) comphttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/corydalis-solida-beth-evans-hfn-apr-17-2016.jpgCorydalis solida Beth Evans HFN 2016Corydalis solida Beth Evanshttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tricyrtis-hill-farm-nov-1-2014.jpgTricyrtis hirta - Japanese Toad Lily - Image: HFNTricyrtis hirta - Japanese Toad Lily - Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/digitalis-purpurea-alba-snow-thimble-hill-farm-2011-1-hf-20141.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/digitalis-purpurea-alba-snow-thimble-hill-farm-2011-1-hf-2014.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADigitalis purpurea 'alba' cv. 'Snow Thimble'. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/digitalis-lutea-straw-foxglove-hill-farm-july-15-2011-011-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADigitalis lutea - Straw Foxglove. Hill Farm, July 2011. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ajuga-valfredda-hfn-april-20181.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAjuga reptans ‘atropurpurea’ cv. 'Alfredda'https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ajuga-black-3-hfn-april-20182.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAjuga reptans ‘atropurpurea’https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ajuga-black-3-hfn-april-20181.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAjuga reptans ‘atropurpurea’ 2022-05-19T20:10:04+00:00weekly0.6https://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/20/may-2013-plant-portraits/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aug-13-2011-018-3.jpgaug 13 2011 018 (3)2018-03-07T18:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2018/03/07/viola-jooi-transylvanian-violet/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-jooii-detail-hfn-may-2017-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMay 2017. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1013005-2-viola-jooi-2-april-2016-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAApril 2016. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/october-2015-viola-jooii-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOctober 2015. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-jooii-2-hfn-may-2017-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAViola jooi - Macalister, B.C., May 2017. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-jooii-hfn-apr-17-2016-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-jooii-2-may-2013.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-jooii-may-2013.jpg???????????????????????????????Viola jooi - Hill Farm, Macalister, B.C. - May 20, 20142018-03-07T18:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2013/03/14/anchusa-azurea-dropmore-blue-anchusa/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/anchusa-azurea-dropmore-blue-hill-farm-july-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Anchusa azurea2018-02-12T23:16:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2013/03/23/aconitum-cammarum-x-spicatum-stainless-steel-monkshood/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/aconitum-stainless-steel-hf.jpg???????????????????????????????Aconitum cammarum x spicatum - 'Stainless Steel' Monkshood. Image: HFN2018-02-12T23:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2013/05/12/salvia-pratensis-meadow-clary/2018-02-12T23:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/13/lysichiton-camtschatcensis-white-skunk-cabbage-asian-skunk-cabbage/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lysichiton-camschatcensis-ubc-apr-8-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C. April 8, 20142018-02-12T23:12:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/13/lysichiton-americanus-western-skunk-cabbage-yellow-skunk-cabbage/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lysichiton-americanum-4-wells-gray-july-20-2011.jpg???????????????????????????????Maturing seed pod. Wells Gray Park, north of Clearwater, B.C. July 20, 2011https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lysichiton-americanum-5-wells-gray-july-20-2011.jpg???????????????????????????????Mid-summer foliage. Wells Gray Park, north of Clearwater, B.C. July 20, 2011https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lysichiton-americanum-3-ubc-april-8-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C. April 8, 2014https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lysichiton-americanum-2-ubc-april-8-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C. April 8, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lysichiton-americanum-1ubc-april-8-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C. April 8, 20142018-02-12T23:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/14/achillea-sibirica-var-camtschatica-kamchatka-yarrow-love-parade/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/achillea-love-parade-sibirica-v-camptschatica-wms-lk-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????Achillea sibirica var. camptshatica 'Love Parade' - Williams Lake, B.C., July 2014.2018-02-12T23:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/15/trachystemon-orientalis-oriental-borage/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/trachystemon-orientalis-detail-apr-2008-ubc.jpgtrachystemon orientalis detail apr 2008 ubchttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/trachystemon-orientalis-habit-ubc-apr-2008.jpgtrachystemon orientalis habit ubc apr 2008Colony in David C. Lam Oriental Garden at UBC, April, 2008. Photograph by https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/trachystemon-orientalis-borago-orientalis-ubc-apr-2014-hf.jpg???????????????????????????????UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C. April 8, 20142018-02-12T18:37:42+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/16/eryngium-planum-sea-holly-blue-cap/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/blue-cap-sea-holly-with-bee-eryngium-planum-lac-la-hache-aug-2012-hf.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/blue-cap-sea-holly-eryngium-planum-lac-la-hache-august-2012-hf.jpgEryngium planum Blue Cap 2012 HFNEryngium planum 'Blue Cap" - thriving in less than ideal conditions at the 108 Heritage Site, Lac La Hache. We planted the raised perennial beds at the rest stop over 10 years ago with "tough, no-maintainence" plants, and it is quite interesting to see what has survived and, in some cases, thrived. This sea holly and Achillea filipendulina, Salvia nemerosa, Lychnis coronaria and Silene maritime, a goodly number of columbines, Erigeron 'Pink Jewel' and various sedums are hanging right in there. Exposed site, no supplementary water or fertilizer, and lots of traffic back and forth - we're pretty happy with how this planting has held up.2018-02-12T18:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/23/ranunculus-glaberrimus-sagebrush-buttercup/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/compressed-image-ranunculus-glaberrimus-sagebrush-buttercups-2-hill-farm-macalister-bc-april-16-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ranunculus-glaberrimus-hill-farm-april-2014-x.jpg???????????????????????????????Spring's first flowers - Sagebrush Buttercups on the Hill Farm hillside, April 16, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/compressed-image-ranunculus-glaberrimus-sagebrush-buttercups-hill-farm-macalister-bc-april-16-2014-x.jpg???????????????????????????????Though technically Ranunculus glaberrimus has five petals, some populations show a tendency to producing extras, doubling or tripling the modest prototype.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/compressed-image-ranunculus-glaberrimus-sagebrush-buttercups-hill-farm-macalister-bc-april-16-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Spring's first flowers - Sagebrush Buttercups on the Hill Farm hillside, April 16, 2014.2018-02-12T18:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/10/petasites-frigidus-var-nivalis-sweet-coltsfoot/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coltsfoot-petasites-frigidus-1-near-tyee-may-9-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coltsfoot-petasites-frigidus-near-tyee-4-may-9-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Typical habitat of Petasites frigidus var. nivalis, along a boggy lakeshore.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coltsfoot-petasites-frigidus-2-near-tyee-may-9-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Sweet Coltsfoot - Petasites frigidus var. nivalis - near Tyee Lake, B.C., May 9, 2014.2018-02-12T18:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/11/petasites-frigidus-var-palmatus-palmate-coltsfoot/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/petasites-palmatus-frigidus-6-ubc-april-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????Newly emerging foliage in the background - notice the "palmate" form of the "hand-like" leaves. UBC Botanical Garden, April 8, 2014. https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/petasites-palmatus-frigidus-4-ubc-april-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????Palmate Coltsfoot at UBC Botanical Garden, April 8, 2014. This population shows the rosy colour variation.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/petasites-palmatus-or-frigidus-var-palmatus-van-dusen-april-8-2014-palmate-coltsfoot-1.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/petasites-palmatus-frigidus-5-ubc-april-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????Close-up of flower cluster. UBC Botanical Garden, April 8, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/palmate-coltsfoot-close-up-petasites-frigidus-palmatus-3-van-dusen-april-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/palmate-coltsfoot-3-petasites-palmatus-frigidus-van-dusen-april-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????Palmate Coltsfoot - Petasites frigidus var. palmatus - Van Dusen Garden, Vancouver, B.C. - April 8, 2014.2018-02-12T18:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/21/euphorbia-polychroma-syn-epithymoides-cushion-spurge/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euphorbia-polychroma-purpurea-2-may-21-2014.jpg??????????????????????E. polychroma 'purpurea' shows its richest dark red shading just before the yellow bracts fully develop; after blooming it fades to a uniform green.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euphorbia-polychroma-purpurea-1-may-21-2014.jpg??????????????????????Euphorbia polychrome 'purpurea' - red-leafed form - an excellent specimen plant, more restrained and smaller than the green-leaved original. https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euphorbia-polychroma-4-may-21-2014.jpg??????????????????????An even closer view showing flower structure, and the downy hairs which give the entire plant its velvety texture.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euphorbia-polychroma-3-may-21-2014.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euphorbia-polychroma-2-may-18-2014.jpg??????????????????????The natural form of this plant is neatly globular, though it may occasionally "birdsnest" with summer thunderstorms. If this happens, a hard trim to within 6 inches or so of the crown will result in quick regrowth to tidy cushion shape.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/euphorbia-polychroma-1-may-18-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Cushion Spurge - Euphorbia polychroma (syn. E. epithymoides) - Prince George, B.C. - May 18, 20142018-02-12T18:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/23/mukdenia-rossii-syn-aceriphyllum-rossii-mukdenia/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mukdenia-rossii-early-spring-buds-hf-2014-march-2010-korea.jpgmukdenia rossii early spring buds hf 2014 march 2010 koreaMukdenia rossi - emerging buds - March, 2010 - Korea - photo from Wikimedia Commons.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/crimson-fans-mukdenia-rossii-august-colour-alpine-garden-society.jpgcrimson fans mukdenia rossii - august colour - alpine garden societyMukdenia rossii 'Crimson Fans' - August colour in England - photo from The Alpine Garden Society.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mukdenia-rossii-ubc-april-8-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????UBC - April 8, 2014https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mukdenia-rossii-ubc-april-8-2014-1.jpg??????????????????????A gorgeous colony of Mukdenia rossii in full bloom, UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C. - April 8, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mukdenia-aceriophyllum-rossii-closeup-may-21-2014.jpg??????????????????????Hill Farm - May 21, 2014. A closer look at the starry blooms will show this plant's membership in the venerable Saxifrage family.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mukdenia-aceriophyllum-rossii-may-21-2014.jpg??????????????????????Mukdenia rossii syn. Aceriphyllum rossii - Hill Farm, Macalister, B.C. - May 21, 20142018-02-12T18:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/24/asarum-europaeum-european-wild-ginger/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/asarum-europeaum-and-gentiana-acaulis-almas-garden-1-may-23-2014.jpg??????????????????????Gently encroaching on another dense mat-former, Gentiana acaulis, in a Williams Lake woodland garden. May 23, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/asarum-europaeum-and-oregon-grape-almas-garden-2-may-23-2014.jpgAsarum europaeum - Eueopean Wild Ginger. Image: HFNAsarum europaeum - Eueopean Wild Ginger. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/asarum-europaeum-flowers-almas-garden-3-may-23-2014.jpg??????????????????????Close-up of Asarum europaeum flowers. Completely hidden under the foliage, these are pollinated by beetles and crawling insects.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/asarum-europaeum-4-almas-garden-may-23-2014.jpg??????????????????????Asarum europaeum - European Wild Ginger - Dense foliage mat - Williams Lake, B.C. - May 23, 2014 2018-02-12T18:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/24/viola-elatior-tall-woodland-violet/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-elatior-may-23-2014-hf-2.jpg??????????????????????The centres of these violets are a pristine white, giving a two-tone effect which is accentuated as the bloom edges darken with age.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/viola-elatior-may-23-2014-hf-1.jpg??????????????????????Viola elatior - Tall Woodland Violet - Hill Farm, Macalister, B.C. - May 23, 2014. One-year-old seed-grown plants.2018-02-12T18:19:50+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/28/convallaria-majalis-lily-of-the-valley/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/convallaria-majalis-prolificans-hf-2014.jpgconvallaria majalis prolificans hf 2014Convallaria majalis 'prolificans' - Photo https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/convallaria-majalis-rosea.jpgconvallaria majalis roseaConvallaria majalis 'rosea' - Photo courtesy Wikipedia Commonshttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/convallaria-majalis-striped-111-hf-2014-may-26.jpg??????????????????????Convallaria majalis 'striata' - Hill Farm - May 26, 2014https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lily-of-the-valley-convallaria-majalis-hill-farm-june-13-2010-024-2.jpg???????????????????????????????Early June, Hill Farm, 2010.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/convallaria-majalis-habit-early-may-2014-hf.jpg??????????????????????A thriving colony of Convallaria majalis in early May - Hill Farm, 2014. If you look closely you will see the emerging flower buds at the base of the leaf clusters.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/convallaria-majalis-almas-garden-may-23-2014-hf.jpg??????????????????????Convallaria majalis - Lily-of-the-Valley - Williams Lake, B.C. - May 23, 20142018-02-12T18:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/06/03/mirabilis-nyctaginea-wild-four-oclocks/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mirabilis-nyctaginea-3-spences-bridge-may-30-2014.jpg??????????????????????Near Spences Bridge, B.C. May 30, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mirabilis-nyctaginea-seed-photo-by-g-d-bebeau1.jpgHeart-leaved four O'clockSeed arrangement showing papery bract and nutlet cluster. Note the fingers holding cluster for scale. Photo by G.D. Bebeau, taken at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mirabilis-nyctaginea-spences-bridge-bc-may-30-2014.jpg??????????????????????Plant habit is eye-catching, in this case because of its unexpectedly lush greenness set against a background of silver-green sagebrush and bunchgrass-tufted hills.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mirabilis-nyctaginea-4-spences-bridge-may-30-2014.jpg??????????????????????Wild Four-O-Clocks - Mirabilis nyctaginea. Spences Bridge, B.C. May 30, 2014.2018-02-12T18:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/06/10/penstemon-fruticosus-var-scouleri-shrubby-penstemon/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pp-penstemon-fruticosus-v-scouleri-soda-creek-5-may-23-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????One of the nicest displays of Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri that I've ever seen is on a steep roadside cutbank above Dunlevy Ranch in Soda Creek, B.C., a few miles south of Hill Farm. May 23, 2010.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pp-penstemon-fruticosus-v-scouleri-highland-valley-june-8-2014-4.jpg??????????????????????A brighter violet individual. The bloom time of Shrubby Penstemon coincides with that of the showy cream-coloured locoweed (Oxytropis sp.).https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pp-penstemon-fruticosus-v-scouleri-highland-valley-june-8-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????Plant habit is that of a tidy round mound. Closer investigation shows that the shrubby stems radiate from a central point, with a main taproot providing the anchoring point. Highland Valley Copper Mine, June 8, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pp-penstemon-fruticosus-v-scouleri-highland-valley-june-8-2014-3.jpg??????????????????????Growing in a roadside gravel pit, Highland Valley Copper Mine, Ashcroft, B.C. - June 8, 2014. A few miles west, the roadside display was even more spectacular - a veritable carpet of purple under the pine trees on both sides of the road. https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pp-penstemon-fruticosus-v-scouleri-highland-valley-june-8-2014-1.jpg??????????????????????This close-up of Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri found growing in generous abundance on the gravel roadsides opposite the huge open-pit Highland Valley Copper Mine east of Ashcroft, B.C. shows the reason for the common name of this genus - 'Beardtongue'. Lewis J. Clark: "The lower luip of the corolla is ornamented with two deep folds and with long white hairs. When the corolla is slit lengthwise, the anthers (and also the filament of the half-length infertile stamen) are seen to be densely white haired."https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pp-penstemon-fruticosus-v-scouleri-may-23-2014-soda-creek-2.jpgpp penstemon fruticosus v. scouleri may 23 2014 soda creek 2Shrubby Penstemon - Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri - low clumps of large, light purple blooms are locally abundant throughout the Cariboo-Chilcotin on rocky cliffs and steep, gravelly, roadside cutbanks in mid-spring. This photo was taken near Soda Creek, B.C., May 23, 2010.2018-02-12T18:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/06/11/petasites-sagittatus-arrow-leaved-coltsfoot/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-sagittatus-june-9-2014-3.jpg??????????????????????One last look - June 9, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-sagittatus-seeds-june-9-2014.jpgpetasites sagittatus seeds june 9 2014...and there they go. https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-sagittatus-seed-fluffs-june-9-2014-4.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJune 9, 2014 - Almost ready to fly away...https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-frigidus-var-sagittatus-eugene-reimer-may-5-2007.jpgpetasites frigidus var sagittatus Eugene Reimer May 5, 2007Bloom cluster of Petasites sagittatus, near Steinbach, Manitoba, May 5, 2007. (Photo by the late naturalist Eugene Reimer.)https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-frigidus-var-sagittatus-eugene-reimer-may-5-2007-2.jpgpetasites frigidus var sagittatus Eugene Reimer May 5, 2007 (2)Bloom cluster of Petasites sagittatus, near Steinbach, Manitoba, May 5, 2007. (Photo by the late naturalist Eugene Reimer.)https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-sagittatus-foliage-june-9-2014.jpg??????????????????????Leaves are large, thickly textured, and entire, with sharply toothed margins. The leaf surfaces are quite smooth, but the undersides are thickly coated with tiny, silky white hairs, making for an interesting contrast.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petasites-sagittatus-1-gibraltar-mine-rd-june-9-2014.jpgpetasites sagittatus 1 gibraltar mine rd june 9 2014Petasites sagittatus (syn. frigidus var. sagittatus) - Arrow-Leaf Coltsfoot, in roadside swamp, Gibraltar Mine Road, McLeese Lake, B.C. - June 9, 2014.2018-02-12T18:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/07/02/alyssum-murale-yellowtuft-alyssum/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alyssum-murale-vicia-cracca-summerland-june-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Alyssum murale naturalized among native grasses and cow vetch (Vicia cracca), fringes of the Summerland Ornamental Gardens, June 7, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alyssum-murale1.jpgAlyssum muralehttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alyssum-murale-dr-alexandru-badarau-may-2010-4.jpgSANYO DIGITAL CAMERAClose-up of Alyssum murale flowers, photographed by Dr. Alexandru Badarau in the Transylvanian region of Romania, May 2010.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alyssum-murale-9.jpg???????????????????????????????Alyssum murale showing clump-forming habit and umbel arrangement of the flowers. Summerland, June 7, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alyssum-murale-2-summerland-june-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????The mystery plant, showing cloudy yellow blooms, silver seedpods and a sturdy, tufting habit. Obviously a survivor, as it was happily growing among grasses and on the steep and eroding hillside. Wildflower, or another garden escapee?https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dianthus-naturalized-summerland-gardens-june-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????Naturalized dianthus sp., just under the Kettle Valley Railway trestle over the Trout Creek ravine, Summerland Ornamental Gardens. We were visiting early in he morning, and the sun was just warming the ground, and the spicy fragrance of the dianthus flowers was astonishing in its clarity and reach.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/alyssum-murale-14.jpg???????????????????????????????Yellowtuft Alyssum - Alyssum murale - Agriculture Canada Research Station, Summerland, B.C., June 7, 2014.2018-02-12T18:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/07/16/verbascum-blattaria-albiflorum-white-moth-mullein-2/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verbascum-blattaria-albiflorum-hill-f-july-2014-1.jpg??????????????????????An early-foraging bee visits Moth Mullein just before sunrise. Hill Farm, July 14, 2014. (All of the Verbascum family are veritable bee magnets.)https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verbascum-blattaria-albiflorum-hill-farm-july-2014-3.jpg??????????????????????Bloom detail, Verbascum blattaria albiflorum. Hill Farm, July 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verbascum-blattaria-albiflorum-hill-f-july-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????White Moth Mullein - Verbascum blattaria albiflorum. Hill Farm, July 14, 2014. 2018-02-12T18:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/07/21/lathyrus-latifolius-perennial-sweet-pea/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aug-2011-lathyrus-latifolius-pitt-lake.jpg???????????????????????????????Lathyrus latifolius naturalized along the shoreline roadway at Pitt Lake, near Maple Ridge, B.C. August, 2011.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aug-2011-lathyrus-latifolius-3.jpg??????????????????????Perennial Sweet Pea - Lathyrus latifolius - naturalized at Pitt Lake, near Maple Ridge, B.C., August 2011.2018-02-12T18:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/15/aconitum-lycoctonum-ssp-vulparia-syn-aconitum-lamarckii-yellow-wolfsbane/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aconitum-lycoctonum-hf-aug-2011-2.jpg???????????????????????????????Hill Farm, August 2011.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aconitum-lycoctonum-habit.jpgAconitum lycoctonum - habitA handsome stand of Aconitum lycoctonum in a European garden. Photo: https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aconitum-lycoctunum-hf-auf-2011-3-2.jpg??????????????????????Buds and blooms are often tinted green. Hill Farm, August 2011. https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aconitum-lycoctonum-6-hf-aug-2011-2.jpg??????????????????????Aconitum lycoctonum ssp. vulparia; syn. Aconiyum lamarckii. Hill Farm, August 2011.2018-02-12T18:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/21/achillea-filpendulina-fernleaf-yarrow-cloth-of-gold/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/achillea-filipendulina-cloth-of-gold-hf-july-21-2014-1.jpg??????????????????????Close-up of the tightly packed flower head, with 6-legged visitors.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/achillea-filipendulina-cloth-of-gold-hf-july-21-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????yarrow2018-02-12T17:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/22/geum-triflorum-prairie-smoke-nodding-avens/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/geum-triflorum-toronto-botanical-garden1.jpggeum triflorum toronto botanical gardenSeed heads - Geum triflorum - Toronto Botanical Garden.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/geum-triflorum-unbc-pr-geo-may-2014-1.jpg??????????????????????After pollination, the feathery seed heads start to expand. Prince George, May 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/geum-triflorum-may-2010-2.jpg???????????????????????????????Geum triflorum - flower details. Macalister, B.C., May 2010. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/geum-triflorum-unbc-pr-geo-mau-2014-2.jpg???????????????????????????????Geum triflorum - Prairie Smoke, Nodding Avens - Alice Wolyzuk Botanical Garden, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C. May 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/geum-triflorum-seedheads-colorado.jpggeum triflorum seedheads coloradoGeum triflorum seedheads - Colorado. Image: Charlie McDonald2018-02-12T17:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/23/erysimum-allionii-syn-cheiranthus-allionii-siberian-wallflower/2018-02-12T17:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/23/polemonium-pauciflorum-yellow-jacobs-ladder/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/june-2011-polemonium-pauciflorum-hf-3.jpgjune 2011 polemonium pauciflorum hf 3This plant's membership in the Phlox Family is very evident from the appearance of the tightly furled buds - something I hadn't really noticed regarding other species. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/june-2011-polemonium-pauciflorum-hf-1.jpgjune 2011 polemonium pauciflorum hf 1Polemonium pauciflorum - Yellow Jacob's Ladder - Hill Farm, June 2011. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/23/crambe-cordifolia-giant-crambe/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/crambe-cordifolia-lilies-ellen-july-2008.jpg??????????????????????bbbhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/crambe-cordifolia-ellen-july-2008-2-21.jpg??????????????????????Giant Crambe - Crambe cordifolia - a Hill Farm plant growing in our good friend Ellen's Soda Creek, B.C. garden - July 2008. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/23/argemone-polyanthemos-crested-prickly-poppy/2018-02-12T17:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/24/anacyclus-pyrethrum-ssp-depressus-mount-atlas-daisy/2018-02-12T17:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/25/lychnis-chalcedonica-scarlet-maltese-cross/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lychnis-chalcedonica-morgenrote-july-2014-hf-wms-lk.jpg??????????????????????Lychnis chalcedonica 'rosea' - 'Morgenrote', a.k.a. 'Morning Red', a.k.a. 'Dusky Salmon'. Image HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/july-2013-010-lychnis-chalcedonica-2.jpg??????????????????????Can you see the cross-shaped form that leads to the common name? The fact that the blooms actually have five lobes versus four is a bit of a surprise - the effect is definitely geometric and cross-like. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/july-2013-030-lychnis-chalcedonica-2-pr-geo.jpg???????????????????????????????Lychnis chalcedonica in a contemporary garden setting, in te perennial border at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, July 2013. Image: UFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/july-2013-009-2-lychnis-chalcedonica.jpg??????????????????????Lychnis chalcedonica - Scarlet Maltese Cross - Prince George, B.C. - July 2013. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/25/delphinium-x-elatum-hybrids-new-millennium-new-zealand-delphiniums/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/new-millenium-delphinium-seedling-2-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????'New Millenium' Hill Farm July 2014https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/new-millenium-delphinium-seedling-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????'New Millenium' Hill Farm July 2014 Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dusky-maiden-delphinium-hf-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????'New Millenium' Hill Farm, July 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/new-millenium-delphinium-seedling-july-2013-hf.jpg??????????????????????'New Millenium' Hill Farm, July 2013. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/unnamed-seedling-new-millenium-delphinium-hf-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????'New Millenium' unnamed variety growing at Hill Farm from a packet of mixed seed - 2 year old plant. July 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/new-millenium-seedlings-van-dusen-delphinium-oct-2014.jpg??????????????????????A plot of seedling 'New Millenium' Delphiniums at Van Dusen Garden in Vancouver, B.C. - October 2014. The young plants frequently put out bloom in the autumn of their first year, a teasing foretaste of the glories to come when they reach full maturity. Note the bamboo grid arrangement, for support of the heavy bloom stems. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/26/dianthus-barbatus-var-nigrescens-black-sweet-william-sooty/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dianthus_barbatus_sooty_01petr-dekanovsky.jpgdianthus_barbatus_sooty_01petr dekanovskyDianthus barbatus nigrescens - Black Sweet William 'Sooty'. Image: Petr Dekanovsky2018-02-12T17:45:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/27/salvia-transylvanica-blue-cloud-transylvanian-sage/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1017552-2salvia-transylvanica-blue-cloud-wms-lk-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????Salvia transylvanica in full summer show in a Williams Lake garden, July 2014. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/26/symphyandra-hofmannii-ringed-bellflower/2018-02-12T17:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/27/lysimachia-punctata-dotted-loosestrife/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/july-2013-lysimachia-punctata-variegata-21.jpg??????????????????????Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'. Hill Farm, July 2013. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/july-2012-lysimachia-punctata-ribbon-grass.jpgjuly 2012 lysimachia punctata ribbon grassLysimachia punctata and Ribbon Grass (Phalaris arundinaceae picta) - summer morning - Hill Farm - July 2012. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lysimachia-punctata-fallen-petals-july-2011-hf-2.jpg??????????????????????A galaxy of fallen starts - Lysimachia punctata - Hill Farm - July 2011. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lysimachia-punctata-detail-july-2011-hf-2.jpg??????????????????????Lysimachia punctata detail Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lysimachia-punctata-2-july-2011-hf-2.jpg??????????????????????Lysimachia punctata - Dotted Loosestrife - July 2011 - Hill Farm. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/28/leontopodium-alpinum-alpine-edelweiss/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1017577-2-edelweiss-wms-lk-july-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Leontopodium alpinum - Alpine Edelweiss - Williams Lake, July 2014. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/30/phlomis-tuberosa-tuberous-jerusalem-sage/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/phlomis-fruticosa-oct-2014-van-dusen.jpg??????????????????????Phlomis fruticosa - Jerusalem Sage - a true Mediterranean plant, shrubby and silver-leaved. In Vancouver's mild climate it thrives in a raised bed at Van Dusen Garden. (And check out the flourishing Bay Laurel behind it! Oh, envy...) October, 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/phlomis-tuberosa-oct-2014-van-dusen.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2011-june-189-3-phlomis-tuberosa-hill-farm.jpg??????????????????????Phlomis tuberosa - Hill Farm, June 2011. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/02/achillea-tomentosa-woolly-yarrow/2018-02-12T17:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/02/achillea-millefolium-v-rubra-red-flowered-yarrow/2018-02-12T17:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/10/geranium-argenteum-silvery-geranium/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/geranium-argenteum-pg-hf-4-june-2014.jpg??????????????????????Geranium argenteum forma a tidy rounded mound, and looks respectable spring through autumn. Prince George, B.C., July 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/geranium-argenteum-pg-hf-2-june-2014.jpg??????????????????????Geranium argenteum - Universtity of Northern British Columbia alpine garden, Prince George, B.C., July 2014. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/12/myrrhis-odorata-sweet-cicely/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/myrrhis-odorata-old-herbal-illustration.jpgMyrrhis odorata old herbal illustrationhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/myrrhis-odorata-june-2014.jpgmyrrhis odorata june 2014Myrrhis odorata - Sweet Cicely - Hill Farm - June 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/myrrhis-odorata-may-23-2014-6.jpg??????????????????????Sweet Cicely seed cluster - Hill Farm, May 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/myrrhis-odorata-may-23-2014-4.jpg??????????????????????The lacy flowers of Sweet Cicely are highly attractive to pollinating insects of all sorts. Hill Farm, May 2013. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/june-2013-116-myrrhis-odorata.jpg???????????????????????????????Myrrhis odorata - Sweet Cicely - Hill Farm - June 2013. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/15/malva-moschata-alba-and-rosea-muskmallow/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/malva-moschata-rose-perfection-1-hf-2014-2.jpgmalva moschata rose perfection 1 hf 2014 (2)Malva moschata 'rosea' - 'Rose Perfection' Musk Mallowhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/aug-19-2011-071-4malva-moschata-rose-perfection-hill-farm.jpg??????????????????????Malva moschata 'rosea' - 'Rose Perfection\ Musk Mallow with visitor - Hill Farnm - August 2011. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/malva-moschata-alba-malva-moschata-alba-555.jpgmalva-moschata-alba malva moschata alba 555Malva moschata 'alba' - Musk Mallow 'White Prefection'https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/malva-moschata-rosea-hf-2-appleblossom.jpg??????????????????????Malva moschata 'rosea' - Musk Mallow 'Appleblossom' - Hill Farm, July 2011. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/july-2013-035-2-malva-moschata-rosea-33.jpgMalva moschata Rose PerfectionMalva moschata 'rosea' 'Rose Perfection' Musk Mallow - Hill Farm, July 2013. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:32:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/16/echinops-ritro-blue-globe-thistle/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/echinops-hill-farm-oct-13-2013.jpg???????????????????????????????Echinops ritro aging seedhead - still blue, ans still showing its perfectly globular structure - Hill Farm - early October, 2013. Foliage in background is of Plume Poppy, Macleaya cordata. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/16/penstemon-digitalis-mystica-penstemon/2018-02-12T17:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/17/penstemon-hirsutus-eastern-penstemon-hairy-penstemon/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/penstemon-hirsutus-july-2014.jpg??????????????????????Penstemon hirsutus coming to the end of its bloom time - Williams Lake, B.C. - July 2014. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:31:03+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2015/11/03/lewisia-rediviva-bitterroot/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lewisia-rediviva-foliage-california-david-a-hofmann-napa-county-calif-march-2010-2.jpgLewisia rediviva/BitterrootLewisia rediviva - foliage cluster, Napa County, California, May 2010. Image: David A. Hofmannhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lewisia-rediviva-2-spences-bridge-bc-may-2014-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALewisia rediviva close-up Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lewisia-rediviva-3-spences-bridge-bc-may-2014-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALewisia Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lewisia-rediviva-habitat-2-spences-bridge-bc-may-2014-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALewisia rediviva habitat west of ashcroft may 2014 Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lewisia-rediviva-habitat-spences-bridge-bc-may-2014-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALewisia rediviva growing in great abundance on cattle-grazed rangeland, west of Ashcroft, B.C., May 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/lewisia-rediviva-1-spences-bridge-bc-may-2014-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALewisia rediviva - Bitterroot. Near Ashcroft, B.C., May 2014. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2015/11/04/claytonia-lanceolata-spring-beauty-indian-potato/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/claytonia-lanceolata-habitat-2-may-20-2015-bkville-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClaytonia laceolata, getting its pretty feet wet. Wells, May 20, 2015. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/claytonia-lanceolata-may-20-2015-bkville-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClaytonia lanceolata Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/claytonia-lanceolata-habitat-may-20-2015-bkville-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClaytonia lanceolata in a wet meadow, near WElls, B.C. May 20, 2015. Image: HFN https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/claytonia-lanceolata-barkerville-area-may-2015-hfn.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAClaytonia lanceolata Spring Beauty Wells B.C. Image: HFN2018-02-12T17:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2017/11/12/physochlaina-orientalis-oriental-physochlaina/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hyoscyamus-orientalis-physochlaina-orientalis-curtiss-botanical-magazine-1823.jpghyoscyamus orientalis physochlaina orientalis curtis's botanical magazine 1823A coloured engraving of Hyoscyamus orientalis from an issue of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1823.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/physochlaina-orientalis-hfn-may-2017.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/physochlaina-orientalis-2-hfn-may-2017.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/physochlaina-orientalis-3-hfn-may-2017.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPhysochlaina orientalis, Hill Farm, May 2017.2018-02-12T17:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/plant-index-search-by-botanical-name/2018-01-28T19:45:45+00:00weekly0.6https://hillfarmnursery.com/2013-plant-guide/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-155-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-200-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-103-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-125-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-144-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-072-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-061-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-107-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-074-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/farwell-trip-july-2011-117-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2017-01-07T17:58:34+00:00weekly0.6https://hillfarmnursery.com/2015/10/26/cephalaria-tchihatchewii-tchihatchevs-cephalaria/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cephalaria-tch-3-july-2014-hf.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Cepahalaria foliage hill farm july 2, 2015 Image: HFN https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cephalaria-tch-2-july-2014-hf.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACephalaria habit hill farm, July 2, 2014. Image: HFN2015-10-26T19:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/16/silene-dioica-aurea-rays-golden-campion/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rays-golden-campion-july-2012-hf-silene-dioica.jpgray's golden campion july 2012 hf silene dioicaBlooming at the same time as delphiniums, Ray's Golden Campion is a eye-catching contrast plant and makes a grand foreground companion to the cobalts, azures, and sky blues of its garden neighbour. Hill Farm, July 2012.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rays-golden-campion-2-hf-silene-dioica-june-2012.jpgray's golden campion 2 hf silene dioica june 2012Slene dioica aurea - Ray's Golden Campion. Hill Farm, June 2012.2014-11-13T18:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/01/aconitum-carmichaelii-arendsii-autumn-monkshood/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/october-2014-vancouver-etc-378-2-aconitum-carmichaelii-arendsii-hill-farm.jpg??????????????????????Aconitum carmichaelii 'arendsii' - Hill Farm, October 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/october-2014-vancouver-etc-377-2-aconitum-carmichaelli-arendsii-hill-farm.jpg??????????????????????Aconitum carmichaelii 'arendsii' - bloom detail. Hill Farm, October 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p1018854-2-aconitum-van-dusen-oct-2014.jpg??????????????????????Aconitum carmichaelii 'arendsii' - Van Duen Garden, Vancouver, B.C. - October 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/aconitum-carmichaelii-arendsii-late-fall-hf-2013.jpg??????????????????????2014-11-06T21:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/04/brunnera-macrophylla-summer-forget-me-not/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/june-2011-van-dusen-brunnera-macrocephala.jpgjune 2011 van dusen brunnera macrocephalaBrunnera macrophylla has a long bloom time. Here it is, getting a bit tired but still lovely, in mid-June, 2011, at Van Dusen Garden in Vancouver, B.C. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/brunnera-silver-foliage-chilliwack-may-2013-2.jpg??????????????????????And here is a lovelu planting of a strongly variegated cultivar at the now-closed Minter Gardens in Chilliwack, B.C. - May 2013. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/brunnera-daffodil-3-van-dusen-apr-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????A silvery-variegated cultivar of Brunnera macrophylla pairs up with species daffodils at Van Dusen Garden in Vancouver, B.C. - April 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/brunnera-and-epimidium-ubc-apr-2014-2-2.jpg??????????????????????An excellent pairing of Brunnera macrocephalla and a red-leaved Epimidium at the UBC Botanical Garden, April 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/brunnera-macrophylla-ubc-2-apr-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????Brunnera macrophylla - Vancouver, B.C. - April 2014. Image: HFN2014-11-05T17:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/04/monarda-fistulosa-wild-bergamot-lilac-bee-balm/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/monarda-fistulosa-july-2014-soda-creek-6.jpg??????????????????????As individual blossoms mature, they drop away, exposing the central crown of the maturing seed head. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/monarda-fistulosa-july-2014-soda-creek-4.jpg??????????????????????Last year's seed heads are an interesting architectural feature of this wild clump. Note the geometric precision of the assembly of tiny seed cups. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/monarda-fistulosa-july-2014-soda-creek-1.jpg??????????????????????Monarda fistulosa - bee balm with a butterfly visitor - July 2014 - Soda Creek, B.C. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/monarda-fistulosa-july-2014-soda-creek-2.jpg??????????????????????Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot - Soda Creek, B.C. - July 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1017290.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMonarda fistulosa - Lilac Bee Balm - July 2014 - Soda Creek, B.C. I see at least three insect visitors - these plants were a-buzz with nectar gatherers. Image: HFN2022-10-08T05:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/27/viola-labradorica-purpurea-syn-viola-riviniana-purpurea-group-labrador-violet/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/viola-labradorica-riviniana-van-dusen-apr-2014.jpg??????????????????????Viola riviniana - Van Dusen Garden, Vancouver, B.C. - June 2011. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/viola-labradorica-purpurea-van-dusen-apr-8-2014.jpg??????????????????????Viola labradorica 'purpurea Van Dusen Garden, Vancouver, B.C. - April 8, 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/viola-labradorica-may-21-2014-hf-2.jpg??????????????????????Another look at this pretty plant - "Labrador Violet" - May 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/viola-labradorica-may-21-2014-hf-1.jpg??????????????????????Viola labradorica purpurea (?) - "Labrador Violet" - May 2014, Hill Farm. Image: HFN2014-11-04T17:06:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/11/01/aquilegia-alpina-alpine-columbine/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/aquilegia-alpina-van-dusen-2011-z.jpgaquilegia alpina van dusen 2011 zAquilegia alpine - Vancouver, June 2011. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/june-2013-165-aquilegia-alpina-21.jpg??????????????????????Aquilegia alpine - Alpine Columbine - Chilliwack, B.C. - June 2013. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/june-2013-164-aquilegia-alpina-2.jpg??????????????????????Aquilegia alpine - June 2013. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/june-2013-165-aquilegia-alpina-2.jpg??????????????????????Aquilegia alpine - Alpine Columbine - Minter Gardens, Chilliwack, B.C. - June 2013. Image: HFN2014-11-04T05:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/31/campanula-cochlearifolia-fairies-thimble-bellflower/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1016541-2campanula-cochlearifolia-2.jpg??????????????????????campanula cochlearifolia https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1016541-2campanula-cochlearifolia1.jpg??????????????????????Campanula cochlearifolia - Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1016541-2campanula-cochlearifolia.jpg??????????????????????Campanula cochlearifolia - Prince George, B.C., June 14, 2014. Image: HFN2014-10-31T15:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/19/tanacetum-macrophyllum-rayed-tansy-big-leaf-white-tansy/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/july-2011-060-3.jpg??????????????????????Detail of ray-and-disk composite flowers. Note small pollinator, mid-right. July 2011.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tanacetum-macrophyllum-july-2011-064-3.jpg??????????????????????Detail of flowers and bracted buds. Hill Farm, Macalister, B.C. - July 2011.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tanacetum-macrophyllum-2-july-2012.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tanacetum-macrophyllum-july-2012.jpg???????????????????????????????Big-Leaf White Tansy at Hill Farm, July 2012.2014-10-29T13:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2013/03/14/althaea-officinalis-marsh-mallow/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/marsh-mallow-hf.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-29T03:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/06/10/polemonium-pulcherrimum-showy-jacobs-ladder/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/polemonium-pulcherrimum-bull-mtn-june-10-2014-4.jpg???????????????????????????????Plant habit when growing on shale on the edge of Douglas fir/lodgepole pine forest. Companion plants in this area include Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri, Pussytoes (Antennaria sp.), Anemone multifida, Kinnickinick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.) https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/polemonium-pulcherrimum-and-penstemon-fruticosus-var-scouleri-bull-mtn-june-10-2014-5.jpg???????????????????????????????Beautiful companions - we found this Jacob's Ladder blooming alongside Shrubby Penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri) on Bull Mountain, June 10, 2014.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/polemonium-pulcherrimum-bull-mtn-june-10-2014-3.jpg??????????????????????Bull Mountain, June 10, 2014. Polemonium pulcherrimum and pussytoes (Antennaria sp.) 0 to give an idea of the scale of this delicate flower.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/polemonium-pulcherrimum-bullmtn-june-10-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????Foliage, Polemonium pulcherrimum. Egg-shaped leaflets are arranged in pairs on a central stem. The fancied resemblance of the foliage arrangement to a ladder is the origin of the common name, from the Biblical Jacob, who dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven, with angels climbing to and fro. In this case, the blue of the flowers might be seen as to represent the sky, wherein Heaven is traditionally thought to be located...https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/polemonium-pulcherrimum-bull-mtn-june-10-2014-v1.jpg??????????????????????Showy Jacob's Ladder, Polemonium pulcherrimum. NOt terribly common in our region, but there is a colony on Bull Mountain north of Williams Lake, where these photos were taken on June 10, 2014.2014-10-23T23:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2013/03/11/vernonia-noveboracensis-new-york-ironweed/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vernonia-detail-aug-2009-hf.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vernonia-aug-2009-hf.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vernonia-detail-aug-09-hf.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vernonia-aug-09-hf.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-23T15:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/05/20/corydalis-aurea-yellow-corydalis/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/corydalis-aurea-1-may-17-20141.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coydalis-aurea-2-may-17-2014.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/corydalis-aurea-3-may-17-2014.jpg??????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/corydalis-aurea-1-may-17-2014.jpg??????????????????????Corydalis aurea - growing in a gravel pit near McLeese Lake, B.C. - May 17, 2014https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1013882-2.jpg??????????????????????2014-10-22T19:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/18/centaurea-montana-perennial-cornflower-mountain-bluet/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/centaurea-montana-may-2013.jpg???????????????????????????????Naturalized at the site of an old garden, near Roberts Lake, B.C.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/centaurea-montana-2-may-2013.jpg???????????????????????????????Flower bud detail showing the distinctive bracts. The Centaureas are also known as "Knapweed", and the highly invasive range Diffuse and Spotted knapweeds, Centaurea diffusa and Centaurea biebersteinii, are serious rangeland invaders, being highly unpalatable to grazers and browsers both wild and tame. We pulled some knapweed last year which appeared on the side of the railroad tracks which pass through Hill Farm, and the plants left a bitter residue on our hands even through our leather gloves, which took several days to completely subside despite numerous scrubbings. Our garden denizen Centaurea montana does not appear to be quite as unpalatable, but keep an eye on it and confine it to your garden, just to be on the safe side.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/centaurea-montana-3-may-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????Perennial Cornflower blooming in late May, 2014 around the ruined foundation of an old ranch house near Roberts Lake.2014-10-22T19:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/21/allium-christophii-star-of-persia-ornamental-onion/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/allium-christphii-2-summerland-june-2014.jpg??????????????????????A flourishing colony of Star-of-Persia in the Summerland Ornamental Garden. June, 2014. Image: HFNhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/allium-christophii-summerland-june-2014.jpg??????????????????????Allium christophii - unfolding star flowers - a beautifully fascinating process. Image: HFN2014-10-21T15:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/07/16/aegopodium-podagraria-variegata-bishops-goutwort/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aegopodium-podagraria-hill-farm-2011.jpg??????????????????????Aegopodium podagraria 'variegata'- Hill Farm, July 2011.2014-10-21T13:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/10/13/physostegia-virginiana-variegata-variegated-obedient-plant/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aug-19-2011-physostegia-variegated-2.jpg??????????????????????physostegia foliage detail variegata august 2011https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/physostegia-variegata-fall-2011-118physostegia-variegata-comp-file-5.jpg???????????????????????????????physostegia variegata close up 2 sept oct 2011https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/physostegia-october-2012.jpg???????????????????????????????physostegia variegate close up 2 oct 2012https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fall-2011-080-physostegia-variegata-close-up-comp-file.jpg???????????????????????????????physostegoa variegate close up 1 fall 2011https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fall-2011-078-comp-file-physostegia-variegata.jpg???????????????????????????????physostegia variegate fall 2011https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/physostegia-variegata-comp-file-september-2011.jpg???????????????????????????????physostegia variegate sept 20112014-10-21T13:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/06/13/corallorhiza-striata-striped-coral-root/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/corallorhiza-striata-june-12-2014-1.jpg??????????????????????Corallorhiza striata - June 12, 2014https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/corallorhiza-striata-june-12-2014-2.jpg??????????????????????Corallorhiza striata - Striped Coral-Root. Near Tyee Lake, B.C., June 12, 2014.2014-06-13T15:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/2014/04/22/delphinium-bicolor-low-larkspur-little-larkspur/https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/delphnium-bicolor-2-farwell-canyon-may-2010.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/delphinium-bicolor-4-farwell-canyon-may-2010.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/delphinium-bicolor-5-farwell-canyon-may-2010.jpg???????????????????????????????https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/delphinium-bicolor-farwell-canyon-b-c-may-13-20101.jpg???????????????????????????????This and following photos were all taken in the same area of the Chilcotin, at Farwell Canyon. Note the variability of the flowers even within this small population. May 13, 2010.https://hillfarmnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/delphinium-bicolor-3-farwell-canyon-may-2010.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-04-22T14:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://hillfarmnursery.com/plant-portrait/2013-02-27T01:39:56+00:00weekly0.6https://hillfarmnursery.comdaily1.02025-11-24T04:20:15+00:00