Category Archives: Garden Flora

Early Spring Flowers in the Garden

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When we hiked the trails around the area in late March, we saw the first appearances of sagebrush buttercups and yellow bells.   At the same time, early spring flowers started to bloom in our home garden.   Most of these were bulbs we planted some years ago.    The first leaves poke up in the third week of March and in … Continue reading →

Mock Orange in the Garden

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Mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii sp.) is a native long-lived deciduous shrub that is an attractive addition to the home garden.   It can be spotted more in the Okanagan Valley than in the drier grasslands of the Kamloops hills.  Our home garden mock orange shrubs started as a purchased cultivar.    It grew to about 3 m and produced beautiful and … Continue reading →