Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 15, 2018
Bigleaf magnolia is the largest-leaved and largest-flowered magnolia species in the world. It also has the largest simple leaves of any tree in North America.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 5, 2018
“Does this smell like a different springtime flower to you?” asked Eric La Fountaine yesterday afternoon. “Yes, it most certainly does…”, but as is often the case with floral scents, they can be hard to immediately place. Eric then suggested, “Lilac?”. Yes, almost a perfect match for that well-known fragrance.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 3, 2017
People ask: “What is your favourite plant?” “Favourite flower?” “Favourite fern?” “Favourite tree?” No one ever asks about your favourite branch, but here’s mine.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 10, 2017
Magnolias are no strangers to being featured on Botany Photo of the Day, but usually I wait until they are in bloom locally to feature them.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 10, 2015
I was driving along 10th avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia when my passenger, awed by by the towering tree canopy overhead, asked me which species of street tree we were seeing. I was embarrassed that I did not know the answer to her question, and set out to learn more about this species. A quick […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 10, 2015
First, a note to local readers before today’s brief entry: UBC Botanical Garden has launched its Workshops, Lectures and Tours schedule, and it starts with a free noon lecture this Friday by Ernesto Sandoval of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory. Ernesto will be talking about the “Plant Diversity of Baja California”. Please attend if it […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 27, 2015
Magnolias are well into bloom here at UBC Botanical Garden. I did make the prediction in the entry on Iris unguicularis a month ago that “it may be one of those years where the first magnolias blossom in early March, if not late February”. One might argue I was too conservative, as the first blossoms […]
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