Published by Daniel Mosquin on September 4, 2018
Up to three hundred times as sweet as sugar, the calorie-free steviol glycosides in stevia have been known and exploited for at least 1500 years.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 25, 2018
Many species of lilies are commonly called “tiger lilies”, but this species is perhaps the best one to bear that moniker. After all, before the plant taxonomists determined it should properly be named Lilium lancifolium, the scientific name most in use for this species was Lilium tigrinum.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 12, 2018
Hybridized by the Brisbane-area plant breeders at Pine Mountain Nursery, Agapanthus ‘PMN06’ is better known by its commercial name, Agapanthus QUEEN MUM™. The goal with the breeding program was to generate an Agapanthus flower with bicoloured blue-and-white tepals.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 27, 2018
This recently identified rose species in UBC Botanical Garden was received from plant explorer Keith Rushforth. Originally received as Rosa sp. (with an affinity [similarity] to Rosa macrophylla), the writing of this entry prompted an examination of the plant (now that it’s mature) to confirm its identity. Seed collected by plant explorers typically occurs when […]
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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 June 7, 2018
Today’s photo is a revisit of Triteleia hendersonii. I was reminded of this image taken last year after a question about the plant was recently posted on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 29, 2018
Today’s photograph is unrepresentative of the size of giant chain fern, whose leaves may reach a length of 1.7m (or 5.5 feet). Perhaps surprising to some local readers, this tropicalesque fern species is native from British Columbia south to Mexico’s Baja California.
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