St Ann's Academy Arboretum - Victoria, BC
N 48° 25.185 W 123° 21.842
10U E 473065 N 5363019
An rather old Arboretum on the grounds of St Ann's Academy.
Waymark Code: WM2ZDH
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 01/14/2008
Views: 76
This section of the St Ann's property was once marshy ground, linked by a creek to the tidal mud flats that dominated the region around Victoria's harbour, James Bay. Earth and rock fill, brought from construction sites around the city, were used to build up the ground in preparation for formal gardens between 1909 and 1912. Father Vullinghs, the co-ordinator of the landscape architecture, proceeded to obtain a long list of trees, most of them foreign to the Victoria landscape, to plant along the pathways. Here is a list of what survives today:
Scientific Name- Common Name- #
Acer macrophyllum,- Bigleaf Maple 5
Robinia pseudoacacia,- Black Locust 7
Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca',- Blue Atlas Cedar 1
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana,- Blue Lawson False Cyprus 24
Lonicera nitida,- Box Honeysuckle 1
Juglans cinerea,- Butternut 1
Buxus Sempervirens,- Common Boxwood 6
Buddleia davidii,- Common Butterfly Bush 1
Syringa vulgaris,- Common Lilac 4
Ligustrum vulgare,- Common Privet 2
Fagus sylvatica 'Cuprea',- Copper Beech 6
Tilia euchlora,- Crimean Linden 4
Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica',- Cutleaf European Birch 14
Cedrus deodara,- Deodar Cedar 1
Pseudotsuga menziesii,- Douglas Fir 1
Paulownia tomemtosa,- Empress Tree 1
Crataegus laevigata,- English Hawthorne 4
Prunus laurocerasus,- English laurel 1
Taxus baccata,- English Yew 9
Juglans regia,- English/Persian Walnut 5
Ilex aquifolium,- European Holly 30
Larix decidua,- European Larch 2
Sorbus aucuparia,- European Mountain Ash 2
Hydrangea macrophylla,- Garden Hydrangea 2
Quercus garryana,- Garry Oak 1
Sequoiadendron Giganteum,- Giant Sequoia 2
Laburnum anagroides,- Golden Chain Tree 3
Ulmus carpinifolia,- 'Aurea' Golden Smoothleaf Elm 1
Gleditsia triacanthos,- Honey-locust 1
Aucuba japonica,- Japanese Aucuba 1
Chamaecyparis lawsonia,- Lawson False Cyprus 13
Platanus x acerifolia,- London Plane Tree 8
Prunus sp.tallii,- Ornamental Cherry 3
Cornus nuttallii,- Pacific Dogwood 1
Corylus avellana,- 'Atropurpurea' Purpleleaf European Filbert 2
Rhododendron,- Rhododendron 5
Chamaecyparis pisefera,- Sawara False Cyprus 1
Acer platanoides,- 'Schwedleri' Schwedler Maple 1
Ilex aquifolium,- 'Elegantissima' Silver European Holly 2
Acer saccarinum,- Silver Maple 1
Daphne laureola,- Spurge Laurel 1
Acer saccharum,- Sugar Maple 1
Acer pseudoplatanus,- Sycamore Maple 1
Liriodendron tulipifera,- Tulip Tree 18
Robinia pseudoacacia,- Umbrella Black Locust 12
Prunus sp.,- Weeping Ornamental Cherry 1
Thuja plicata,- Western Red Cedar 1
Quercus alba,- White Oak 1
Arboretum address:
835 Humboldt Street
Victoria, Bc Canada
V8W 1N8
Arboretum web site: [Web Link]
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