About Me

Jamie Ellison is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Landscape Horticulture Technology Program and the Nova Scotia Community College Adult Education Diploma Program. His employment experience includes working in Scotland with specialty plants at Jack Drake's Alpine Nursery. He worked in all aspects of plant culture, but focused mainly on growing, propagation and sales of specialty plants. He also worked at the Memorial University Botanical Garden in St. John's, Newfoundland. His work included maintenance on specialty gardens, botanical inventories, interpretive tours and specialty plant propagation. Jamie has completed a Diploma in Adult Education through the Nova Scotia Community College, where he instructs in the Horticulture programs at the Kingstec Campus in Kentville.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Jurassic Conifer

Wollemi nobilis


Wollemi Pine
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Largest Tree (by volume) in the World



Largest Tree (by volume) in the World
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Welcome To Landscape Plant Materials

Hi Folks, I am slowly putting together a blog in that will have some plant trivia and information pertaining to topics that I introduce in class. Feel free peruse and sign in if you want to comment. On the right are some posts and links from my Flickr photography data base on native orchids and a variety of links to plant ID sites.

Stay tuned!
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Magnolias


Magnolia Slideshow
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  • The plant of the week is Bismarckia nobilis. The Bismarck palm is native to Madagascar. This is the stunning blue form that can have fronds up to 10 feet across.
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