Butchart Gardens - Vancouver Island, BC

Left: Clearly a Hydrangea of sorts - never seen growth habit before

Right: I have always liked the colour and form of this Pennisetum, used here to good effect

Left: Dainty cyclamen in the Japanese garden

 

Right: Wartie meets her match! - this is a copy of a statue from Europe touching his nose is reputed to bring good luck

 

Left: One of many interesting conifers in the Japanese garden

 

Right: The roses were coming to an end but this one was still magnificent

This is the inlet from which the cement produced by the quarry on which the gardens are built was shipped
These fountains were installed for the gardens' 60th anniversary - their changing patterns must be even more impressive when lit up at night.
Butchart Gardens


 

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