Native Plant Wildflower Garden

The Native Plant Demonstration Garden is designed so that Victoria’s native plants can be seen growing in an actively cultivated area as well as in a natural setting. The 1,630 square meter (0.4 acre) garden is located in a typical lower Vancouver Island setting featuring rocky outcrops, Garry oak and spring flowering bulbs such as camas, shooting stars and fawn lilies.

The volunteer group responsible for the garden worked with designers Carrina Maslovat and David Snell in 1999 and began planting in January 2000. There are presently 75 species of native plants in the garden, and new species are being added continually.

Native Plants List:

Achillea millefolium	Yarrow
Amelanchier alnifolia	Saskatoon Berry
Aquilegia formosa	Red columbine
Aruncus dioicus	Goat’s Beard
Blechnum spicant	Deer Fern
Cornus sericea	Red Osier Dogwood
Goodyera oblongifolia	Rattlesnake Plantain
M. nervosa	Dull Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium -Interior	Oregon Grape
Myrica gale	Bog Myrtle
Penstemon davidsonii	Davidson’s Penstemon
Philadelphus lewisii	Mock Orange
Rubus spectabilis	Salmonberry
Sambucus cerulea	Blue Elderberry
Smilacina stellata	Star Flowered False Solomon’s Seal
Spirea douglasii	Hardback
V. parvifolium	Red Huckleberry
Vaccinium ovalifolium	Oval-leaved Blueberry
Viola sempervirens	Trailing Yellow Violet

 

The volunteers also participate in a plant salvage operation, and many of the plants come from sites in the Victoria area where new construction is occurring in natural areas.