Plant Picks are the details of plants at Milner Gardens & Woodland written by the Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association volunteers.

Click on the plant name below for a detailed description.

Botanical NameCommon NameImage
Acanthus mollisBear's breeches
Acer macrophyllumBigleaf maple
Bigleaf Maple leaf
Albizia julibrissinPersian silk tree
Anenome clematisClematis montana
Clematis montana
Anenome 'Honorine Jobert'Japanese anenome
Milner Gardens Windflower
Anemonella thalictroidesRue anemone
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’ 
 
Astible
Begonia grandisHardy begonia
Berberis linearifoliaBerberry
Berberry
Brunnera macrophylla Siberian bugloss "silver heart"
Milner Gardens Silver Heart
Camellia sinensisTea Camellia
Camellia sinensis
Castanea sativaSpanish chestnut
 
Chaenomeles speciosaJapanese quince
Japanese Quince
Chionanthus virginicusFringe tree
Fringe tree
Chionodoxa forbesiiGlory-of-the-snow
Glory-of-the-snow
Clematis armandiiEvergreen clematis
Colchicum autumnaleFall crocus

Coreopsis verticillata

'Moonbeam'

Moonbeam coreopsis
 
Plant Pick: Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'


 

Cornus kousa chinensisChinese dogwood
Corylopsis paucifloraButtercup winter hazel
CP
Crinodendron hookerianumChilean lantern tree
Milner Gardens Plant Pick Chilean lantern tree
Cyclamen coumEastern cyclamen
 
Davidia involucrataDove tree
Deutzia scabraFuzzy deutzia
Deutzia scabra or Fuzzy Deutzia
Dierama pulcherrimumAngel's fishing rod
Dicentra 'King of Hearts"Bleeding heart
bleeding heart plant
Digitalis purpureaFoxglove
 
Plant Pick Digitalis purpurea
Epimedium versicolorBishop’s hat
Bishop's Hat
Eranthis hyemalisWinter aconite
Erythronium 'Pagoda'Fawn lily
Erythronium revolutumPink fawn lily
Pink Fawn Lily
Fuchsia magellanicaFuchsia 
'Hawkshead'
Galanthus nivalisSnowdrop
H. paniculata 'Limelight'Limelight hydrangea
White flowering hydrangea shrubs lining a driveway towards a vine-covered cottage
Hamamelis mollisChinese witch hazel
Milner Gardens Plant Pick Chinese Witch Hazel


 

Helleborus orientalisLenten rose
hellebores in a garden


 

Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'Daylily
Daylily
Heptacodium miconioidesHeptacodium, 
Seven-son flower
Heptacodium miconoides
Hesperantha coccineaCrimson flag lily
Hesperantha
Hydrangea asperaRough-leaved hydrangea
Iris sibirica (white)Siberian iris
Plant Pick Iris sibirica white
Jasminum nudiflorumWinter jasmine
Kerria japonicaJapanese kerria
Knautia macedonicaCrimson scabious
Milner Gardens Knautia Macedonica
Lilium martagonMartagon lily
Lobelia tupaLobelia
Macleaya cordataPlume poppy
Plume Poppy
Magnolia x soulangeanaSaucer magnolia
Saucer Magnolia
Mahonia repensCreeping mahonia
Creeping mahonia plant
Mespilus germanicaMedlar
Medlar fruit
Nepeta x faassennii Junior Walker 'Novanepjun'Catmint junior walker
Catmint
Nerine bowdeniiCornish lily
Plant Pick Nerine bowdenii
Oenothera lindheimeri 'Bantam White'Whirling butterflies
 
Bantam White 2
Origanum ‘Kent Beauty’Ornamental oregano
Origanum 'Kent Beauty'
Parrotia persicaPersian ironwood
 
Parrotia persica
Paulownia tomentosaEmpress tree
Pulmonaria angustifoliaLungwort
Chionodoxa forbesii
R. Fragrantissimum 
Rhododendron
Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate'Kiftsgate rose
Stewartia pseudocamelliaJapanese stewartia
Japanese Stewartia
Styrax japonicusJapanese snowbell
blossoms of a Japanese snowbell tree
Trillium ovatumPacific trillium,
Western trillium, 
Wake-Robin
Trillium ovatum flower
Viburnum farreriFragrant viburnum

 

View a complete list of plants at Milner Gardens & Woodland.

Please see our Gardening Advice to have your gardening questions answered by a volunteer from the Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association.