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The Latest Export From China - Garden Plants
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“Western explorers to China's remote regions form a pantheon of horticultural Indiana Joneses.”
So writes Andrew Higgins in a July 14, 2005 Washington Post article entitled “The Latest Export From China - Garden Plants” (registration required). The subject of the article is a review of UBC Botanical Garden's recently-released book, “The Jade Garden”. Written by three of UBC Botanical Garden's experienced horticulturists, the book illustrates one hundred and fifty little-known, ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials from Asia that ought to receive a more-prominent place in today's gardens.
The Jade Garden is available from the Shop in the Garden and other fine bookstores.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:12 AM on July 14, 2005
Endangered Sri Lankan Plants Live On in New Flower
Category(-ies): Botanical Garden News , In the Media
From an article in UBC Reports, written by Brian Lin:
“If you think naming your pet is stressful, try naming an entire species of flowers.
That's the task faced by UBC assistant professor Andrew Riseman at the Botanical Garden in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences**. But you won't hear him complain, because it took him a lot more work to create the flower he now has the privilege to name and is about to commercialize.
‘For the common name, I'm thinking of using something that has to do with the flower's vibrant colour, maybe a play on words from the blues genre,’ says Riseman. ‘However, I'd also like a name that honours Sri Lanka, where the five species of exacum used to create the new flower originated.’”
Continue reading the article: Endangered Sri Lankan Plants Live On in New Flower
** The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences reported in the article has changed its name to The Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 10:46 AM on July 7, 2005
