Victorian Gardens Tours - Victoria, B.C. Canada

Autumn!

"Chosin" Garden

Japanese courtyard - Inner Japanese courtyard with a carpeting of the scarlet leaves of the Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ over the curved tranditional bridge. .

Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki.’

This garden has been featured in several national magazines as well as by Ann Lovejoy in her two books “Cascadia” and “Naturalistic Gardening: Reflecting the Planting Patterns” of Nature. It is a fascinating garden that has borrowed from the gardening cultures of Japan, Korea and China. Ever evolving it has features that have been introduced for xeriscaping including – ponds, a drought tolerant Mediterranean area, a wild flower meadow (which also features grasses), and a bog garden. There is a woodland shade garden, oriental woodland garden and an enclosed sanctuary garden borrowing from the Japanese tea garden style.

Throughout this garden you will find integrated into the plantings pieces of original art and unique architecture that defines the character of this garden by adding both beauty and whimsy.

Inner courtyard with fall pumpkins set out.	Two one hundred year old apple trees anchor a border featuring a rainbow of hellebores combined with a collection of wonderful companion plants.	Chautruse hits by the collection of euphorbias including Eurphorbia characias ssp. Wulfenii ‘John Tomlinson.’	A classic stone container features a collection of drought tolerant hardy succulents that once more have been selected to provide year round interest with their different foliage colours and textures. Hardy sedums, with their usefulness for planting on the trend setting green roofs, have stayed popular for 2005.
Hellebore hybrids combined with peony Molly-the-Witch (paeonia mlokosewitshii) its pink toned foliage continues to provide interest long after its primrose yellow blooms are finished.	A delightful selection of pink and rose coloured hellebores, as well as a sublime double white specimen artfully combined with other early perennials such as the white dicentra ( bleeding heart ).	Companion plants including heucheras, primulas, dicentra (bleeding heart ), ferns, pulmonaria, and various cranesbill geraniums including G. phaeum 'Sambour' with its wonderful foliage.	A vigerous specimen of Hellebore sterneii.
Hellebore sterneii with dark leafed hardy geranium (cranesbill).

"Chosin" Garden Pottery & Structures

Bronze cranes in naturalistic Japanese inspired courtyard (February picture).

Ceramic sculptures with rhodendrons, note the colour echo of the cinnamon brown felt or indumentum of the leaves of Rhododendron ‘Sir Charles Lemon.’

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Fan shaped pavers placed to bring attention to the above vignette.	Stone bowl with ceramic eggs in water.	‘Bridge over the River Koi’ - the bridge sides can be removed and the river is constructed so that it can support service vehicles.	Japanese inspired covered bench.
Ceramic mushrooms providing year round interest in a challenging setting.	Fan shaped trellis, by repeating the fan shape continuity is added to the garden.		Close up of ceramic fish swimming in river.

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"Chosin" Garden

"Chosin" Garden Pottery & Structures

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Visit us also at HeritageGardenTours.ca!