Here is a few pictures I took on the tour this last weekend.
This is a stunning aeonium (Swartzkoph, I think), that was in a mediterrean style garden.
Garden Tour in Victoria
A Gloriosa (sp?) Lily
This was an interesting shrub but have no idea what it is.
This was a jungle style garden in a very small back yard with palms, bananas, tiki hut, trickling water and hammock - it was very well done.
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The hammock !
An iris for Inanda !
Heather, they are wonderful, I bet it was a great tour.
Glad you are posting more pictures ;)
somebody from the coast adopt me PLEASE!!! :)
Phenomenal photos, Heather. I particularly like the aeonium and the lily. All of the flowers are beautiful. Lokks like it was a great tour; the kind that makes your mouth water and your scissor finger itchy, if you know what I mean! Thanks for sharing.
This year most of the gardens were great - some years there are a few that are not so good or not my cup of tea. But I find them very inspirational and always pick up a few new ideas. I couldn't do the "this wee bit just fell off" routine as my DH was tagging along ! LOL.
I know what tour you went on!.......Victoria Conservatory of Music Tour.......it's held on both Sat. and Sunday...one year, I am going to go on this one! E
Thanks for sharing, Heather. How pretty. I believe your flowering shrub is a Calycanthus floridus, Carolina allspice or common sweetshrub. Very unusual blossoms. Our friend in Deep Cove here, Delphia, who is a gardener extaraordinaire has one.
Beautiful photios Heatherbelle-thanks for sharing with us.
You are right-R/U seems like such a long time ago.
If any of you are ever planning to visit Vancouver, especially North Vancouver, we could arrange a mini tour. Sunrize and Roselaine have beautiful gardens. Sunrize has a spectacular setting. Our friend Delphia (mentioned above)has the most beautiful, diverisified and interesting garden I have ever seen. Mine alas is pretty humble and probably not worth touring but you never know.
Liz also has a spectacular garden I understand.
Heather it might be worth a ferry ride over here sometime!
Sol.
If I was close enough for a ferry ride, Lana, I'd be there in a minute. Maybe some time in the future, you never know. Thanks for the invitation. :)
Thanks for the info on the shrub, Dawn. Your friend Delphia sounds like she has a wonderful garden.
Thanks for the invite, Lana, maybe one day we will descend on North Van for a garden tour ! And humble or not, I love looking at gardens.
Heather
Great pictures Heather. Thanks for sharing your garden tour. That aeonium is amazing. I've never heard of it before.
Sandy
Thank you Heather, for the lovely pix. We FINALLY have iris bloom here. That was a lovely one you posted..
Will def. look for Swartzkopf (sp?) on my next trip west.
Inanda