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Scan of Rosa 'Harwanna'

Rosa ‘Harwanna’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on December 1, 2005

This scan of the Jacqueline du Pré rose is a creation of local photographer and writer Alex Waterhouse-Hayward (disclosure: Alex is the husband of one of UBC’s Friends of the Garden). Alex has an upcoming exhibit in Vancouver that will include a number of super high-quality prints of his botanical scans, which he wrote about […]

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Early spring flowers of Anemone patens var. multifida

Anemone patens var. multifida

Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 22, 2005

I suppose I should have held onto this photograph (since I don’t have one of my own for this species) until March 16, 2006. That day is the one-hundredth anniversary of this plant receiving Royal Assent to be adopted as the floral emblem of Manitoba, after having been selected by school children of the province. […]

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"The Grand One" - a former champion Carnegiea gigantea

Carnegiea gigantea

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 2, 2005

Christopher Keller, a reader of Botany Photo of the Day, asked me if we could honour this particular saguaro cactus, “The Grand One” with an entry (for an idea of its height, note the person standing near the trunk). “The Grand One”, sad to say, may not survive recent fires north of Phoenix, Arizona.

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Trillium grandiflorum in bloom en masse

Trillium grandiflorum

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 1, 2005

One of the reasons for greater plant diversity in the deciduous hardwood forests of eastern North America compared to the coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest is light penetration to the forest floor. If you’ve hiked some of the old growth or second growth coniferous forests in British Columbia, you’ll know that there can be […]

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Conopholis americana growing in Tennessee, USA

Conopholis americana

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 25, 2005

Today marks another first for the Botany Photo of the Day–first photograph from someone not affiliated with UBC. This photograph was forwarded to Judy Newton, the garden’s education coordinator (in 2005), from a personal friend to see if Judy or someone else at the garden could identify the plant. With a little help from Holmgren’s […]

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