My City is a Garden

Garden inspriation from around the world

CONTENTS SPRING 2014

IN THIS ISSUE:  The Spring Garden, The Katie Osborne Lilac Collection, Jardin Exotique de Monaco and more…

TULIP-MAIN

SPECIES TULIP WELCOME SPRING

Since the official introduction of the genus Tulipa into  Europe in 1561,  nothing welcomes the end of winter better than the thrilling burst of colourful tulips. Unlike hybridized tulips, wild or speices tulips create naturalized clusters that closely resemble their sixteenth-century ancestors.

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RBG Lilac Collection
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The Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario has one of the largest collections of Syringa in the world.

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exotiqueAn Exotique Cliff Hanger

For over 75 years the Jardin Exotique de Monaco has collected the most amazing and rarest species of exotic plants.

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Cercis_Siliquastrum_thumbCercis Canadensis

Its pink flowers, borne in tight clusters along the stems and branches before new leaves appear, create a showy spring display.

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Jardin de St-Gabriel-Brécy / Normandy, France

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Serre de la Madone, Menton, France

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The Giardini Botanici Hanbury, Mortola, Italy

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Les Quatre Vents, La Malbaie, Québec