VIU Milner Gardens and Woodland

Plant Picks

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 Name Common Name Image

Acanthus mollis

Bear's breeches

Acidanthera murilae,
Gladiolus callianthus

Peacock orchid

Aesculus x carnea

Red horse chestnut

Albizia julibrissin

Silk tree

Alchemilla mollis

Lady's mantle Lady's Mantle

Allium cernuum

Nodding onion Nodding Onion Plant

Anenome clematis

Clematis montana Clematis montana

Anenome 'Honorine Jobert'

Japanese anenome Milner Gardens Windflower

Anemonella thalictroides

Rue anemone
Astilbe arendsii
hybrid mix
False spirea Astilbe arendsii plant
Begonia grandis Hardy begonia

Berberis linearifolia

Berberry Berberry
Brunnera macrophylla  Siberian bugloss "silver heart" Milner Gardens Silver Heart
Camellia sinensis Tea Camellia Camellia sinensis
Caryopteris x clandonensis Bluebeard Plant Pick:  Bluebeard
Castanea sativa Spanish chestnut

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Blue plumbago

Chaenomeles speciosa

Japanese quince Japanese Quince

Chionanthus virginicus

Fringe tree Fringe tree

Chionodoxa forbesii

Glory-of-the-snow Glory-of-the-snow

Clematis armandii

Evergreen clematis

Clematis tangutica

Golden tiara clematis Clematis

Colchicum autumnale

Fall crocus

Coreopsis verticillata

'Moonbeam'

Moonbeam coreopsis
Plant Pick:  Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'

Cornus kousa chinensis

Chinese dogwood

Corylopsis pauciflora

Buttercup winter hazel CP

Cotoneaster rhederi

Puckered leaf cotoneaster

Crinodendron hookerianum

Chilean lantern tree Milner Gardens Plant Pick Chilean lantern tree

Cyclamen coum

Eastern cyclamen

Davidia involucrata

Dove tree

Deutzia scabra

Fuzzy deutzia Deutzia scabra or Fuzzy Deutzia

Dierama pulcherrimum

Angel's fishing rod

Dicentra 'King of Hearts"

Bleeding heart bleeding heart plant

Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove
Plant Pick Digitalis purpurea

Epimedium versicolor

Bishop’s hat Bishop's Hat

Eranthis hyemalis

Winter aconite

Erythronium 'Pagoda'

Fawn lily

Erythronium revolutum

Pink fawn lily Pink Fawn Lily

Fuchsia magellanica

Fuchsia
'Hawkshead'
Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop
Hamamelis mollis Chinese witch hazel

Helleborus orientalis

Lenten rose hellebores in a garden

Hemerocallis 'Stella de Oro'

Daylily Daylily

Heptacodium miconioides

Heptacodium,
Seven-son flower
Heptacodium miconoides

Hesperantha coccinea

Crimson flag lily Hesperantha

Hydrangea aspera

Rough-leaved hydrangea

Iris sibirica (white)

Siberian iris Plant Pick Iris sibirica white

Jasminum nudiflorum

Winter jasmine
Kerria japonica Japanese kerria

Knautia macedonica

Crimson scabious Milner Gardens Knautia Macedonica

Leycesteria formosa

Himalayan honeysuckle
Lilium martagon

Martagon lily

Lobelia tupa Lobelia
Macleaya cordata Plume poppy Plume Poppy

Magnolia x soulangeana

Saucer magnolia Saucer Magnolia

Mahonia repens

Creeping mahonia Creeping mahonia plant

Mespilus germanica

Medlar Medlar fruit

Nerine bowdenii

Cornish lily Plant Pick Nerine bowdenii

Oenothera lindheimeri 'Bantam White'

Whirling butterflies
Bantam White 2

Origanum ‘Kent Beauty’

Ornamental oregano Origanum 'Kent Beauty'

Parrotia persica

Persian ironwood
Parrotia persica

Paulownia tomentosa

Empress tree
Phlomis russeliana Jerusalem sage
Polygonatum spp Solomon's seal
Pulmonaria angustifolia Lungwort Chionodoxa forbesii

Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate'

Kiftsgate rose
Stewartia pseudocamellia Japanese stewartia Japanese Stewartia
Styrax japonicus Japanese snowbell blossoms of a Japanese snowbell tree
Trillium ovatum Pacific trillium,
Western trillium,
Wake-Robin
Trillium ovatum flower
Viburnum farreri Fragrant 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.