Near the end of June, I walked the home garden and took some photos of flowering trees, shrubs, and perennials, a few of which are shared here now. A well-established mock orange (philadelphus coronarius) was covered in sweet-smelling flowers. This … Continue reading →
During a hike along a high south-facing moist to dry (spring to summer) open slope, we came across a large number of naked broomrape (orobanche uniflora) in bloom. It is a parasitic perennial (mostly on stonecrop). The stems were short … Continue reading →
We were fortunate to be out hiking on a route that had a good clump of pinedrops (pterospora andomedea) in bloom just off the trail. This perennial grows up to 100 cm, but these ones were about 40 to 60 … Continue reading →
In mid-October we hiked to the top of Zoa Peak in the Coquihalla Summit area on a warm fall day. The trailhead area was busy with Trans Mountain Pipeline work as we started out, hiking along the original pipeline track … Continue reading →
On a fall hike into the hills on a grey day a few wildflowers were still in bloom in the grasslands and in the forest routes. Curly-cup gumweed (grindelia squarrosa) plants were still producing many flowerheads. Most parts of the … Continue reading →
I paddled Pat Lake, then went for a short hike in the hills on a smoky day, taking photos along the way, a few of which are shared here. Prickly roses had finished flowering and rose hips were now ready. … Continue reading →
We portaged into Murtle Lake and paddled the west arm of the lake just before the smoke came in. We spent 3 days on the lake and took some photos. We did not hike the trails, so all photos were … Continue reading →
We hiked the Heather Trail to the Four Brothers Mountains in Manning Park and took many photos along the way, a few of which are shared here. We came across a number of northern blues on the fleabane. … Continue reading →
We hiked the Heather Trail to the Four Brothers in Manning Park and took many photographs along the way, a few of which are shared here. The morning sign was shining through anemone seedheads (towheads) as we hiked below a … Continue reading →
We hiked from Lightning Lake to the summit of Frosty Mountain in Manning Provincial Park and we took photographs along the way, a few of which are shared here. Near the outlet stream saskatoons were still on the shrubs and … Continue reading →
By mid-summer the earlier wildflowers are out of sight and taller varieties take over in open areas in the high country forest. In some damp, sheltered spots self-heal was spotted. Other varieties of the mint family also are spotted in … Continue reading →
We drove up Greenstone Mountain and then parked at an elevation of 1688m and hiked a loop route over top of the mountain. Along the way we took some photos, some of which are shared here. Late season wildflowers … Continue reading →
