Today ’s photograph are a delicacy from Tatyana Searcy on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state . If you ’ll remember , we featured Tatyana ’s metallic element gazebo just a month ago ( refresh your memoryHERE ) . But today Tatyana is taking us on the route .
She says,“I’d like to share some ikon of theButchart GardensMediterranean garden ( Vancouver Island , Canada ) , which I visited last August . It ’s situate near the Butchart Gardens parking lot and sometimes is missed by visitors . This wonderful , luxuriant country is not big , but I savor every moment I drop there .
“ Vancouver Island has a typically warm / dry summer and a wet / cool winter . Some of the plants blooming in the Mediterranean garden in August and shown in the pictures : flower maple ( Abutilonspp . and cvs . , USDA Hardiness Zones 8 - 11 ) , angel ’s sportfishing gat ( Dieramaspp . and cvs . , Zones 7 - 10 ) , Crocosmia ( Crocosmiaspp . and cvs . , Zones 6 - 9 ) , castor noggin ( Ricinus communiscvs . , one-year ) , cardoon ( Cynara cardunculus , geographical zone 7 - 9 ) , canna lilies ( Cannaspp . and cvs . , zone 8 - 11 ) , Japanese banana ( Musa basjoo , zone 8 - 11 ) , rose of Sharon ( Hibiscusspp . and cvs . , Zones 5 - 11 ) , coleus ( Solenostemon scutellarioides cvs . , Zones 12 - 13 ) , vervain ( Verbenaspp . and cvs . , 3 - 11 ) , salvia ( Salviaspp . and cvs . , Zones 5 - 11 ) , sedum ( Sedumspp . and cvs . , Zones 3 - 11 ) , mallow ( Lavateraspp . and cvs . , Zones 4 - 11 ) , dusty miller ( Senecio cineraria , Zones yearly ) , and tree poppy ( Romneya coulteri , Zones 8 - 10 ) . ”

Absolutely gorgeous , Tatyana ! I have never been to Butchat Gradens , and that ’s a crime . It ’s on my short leaning , and I ’ll make a special period of seeing this part of the garden . Thanks !
- Tatyana has more picture of this garden on her blogHERE * *
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