Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden – Plants of the Pacific Northwest

Summer Hours

Friday: 11am – 4pm
Saturday: 11am – 4pm
Sunday: 11am – 4pm
Monday: 11am – 4pm
Tuesday: 11am – 4pm

Location

5941 Mason Rd
Sechelt, BC V7Z 0N4
604-740-3969
info@coastbotanicalgarden.org

Birds this month

Small finch. Sharply pointed bill is pink in summer, grayish-brown in winter. Small head, long wings, and short, notched tail. Adult males in spring and summer are bright yellow with black forehead and wings

The male American Goldfinch is easy to spot with its bold yellow body, pointed pink, conical bill and black forehead. Goldfinches fly with a bouncy, undulating pattern and often call in flight, drawing attention to themselves.

What’s in Bloom

A pale-green, fading to white flower. Each flowerhead (2-3" diameter) features dense, compact, domed umbels of tiny greenish-white flowers which form a delicate pincushion-like center subtended by a showy collar of papery, petal-like, creamy white involucral bracts.

Anemone hupehensis is commonly known as the Japanese anemone. This perennial flowers from late summer to fall, often blooming until the first frost. It typically grows to .5 to 1 metre tall, and is happiest in a partly shaded, moist but not soggy environment. They can be slow to establish but if conditions are right will happily naturalize. We have an excellent collection flowering now at the start of the Cook Rhododendron Walk.

Garden Notes

What’s in a Name? Labels at the Garden

Aug 25, 2023

Many plants in the Botanical Garden are identified with metal labels. A good place to find conifer identifications is near the gate into the volunteer area from Mason Road. Some large native trees are labelled along the edge of the ravine and around the native habitat...