Author: Canadensis

The original plan for the experimental farm called for a botanical garden to supplement the Fletcher Wildlife Garden and the Arboretum. That was back in 1886. We don’t do things in a hurry here. Read the full article here

“Do you know where you are going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you?”  ~Diana Ross, 1975 Seems there is a lot of angst out there. A Christmas letter that we received just a week ago ended with the following, “We begin a new decade with some fear for our planet,…

It is almost winter now and the north is tilted away from the sun. The days are short and there is not much need for a sun shelter. Still, it stands there close to the red barn on Prince of Wales Drive. Ottawa Magazine described it as “an open and airy structure, sinuously wavy, like…

Updated: Jun 7, 2019 The tulip is unlike any other flower. It exudes innocence, enclosed in itself like a child holding a secret that it can’t wait to blurt out. They gently bloom at the first hint of warmth in early spring. Its history can be traced back to the Ottoman empire. Later on, it…

The eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) fails as a Christmas tree. It drops its needles quickly after it is cut down. This leaves the species of canadensis without a Christmas tree for the holidays. Native to our eastern Canadian landscape, the silent “t” Tsuga canadensis of the Pinaceae family, nicknamed the hemlock spruce or Canadian hemlock,…

It is not mistletoe, but we are passionate about it. Whether it is to beautify your garden or spice up a meal, you have to get the Cornus canadensis plant also referred to as Canadian bunchberry, crackerberry and Canadian dwarf cornel. Native to the United States, Asia and Canada, this plant is mainly found hiding…