Discover our popular flowers and plants that can be seen throughout the year.


The Butchart Gardens is climatic zone 8 a. Our general plant fertilizer is 8-2-3 with 3% iron.

For more information, download our off-season and peak-season plant and flower guides.

Summer Plants

Summer Plants

  • Over 265,000 annuals planted (900 varieties)
  • 188,000 annuals started from seed
  • 58,000 plants purchased as rooted vegetative cuttings or plugs
  • 19,000 plants produced from own cuttings
  • 185 hanging baskets
  • 280 varieties of Roses
  • 70 varieties of Begonias
  • 40 varieties of Geraniums
  • Over 100 varieties of Dahlias
Autumn Colours

Autumn Colours

The exact peak of the autumn colours is variable; as the weather begins to cool in October, the days grow shorter and the nights get longer, chlorophyll in the leaves begins to break down. This allows the carotenoids to show through delivering orange and yellow hues on the leaves. The vibrant reds derive from anthocyanin. All this just intensifies as the month of October progresses. The best fall colours derive from cooler sunny days and cool crisp nights.

Winter Months

Winter Months

The winter months are quiet and peaceful with unexpected wonders and a reflective time to enjoy the landscape and structure of the century old garden and the indoor showcase ‘Spring Prelude’.

Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’

Abutilon‘Tiger Eye’

Parlor maple or Flowering maple
Blooms in summer.

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Acer palmatum

Acer palmatum

Lace leaf Japanese maple.
Deciduous tree.
Excellent landscape structure.
Notable fall colour.

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Tree Tree

Begonia x tuberhybrida

Begonia x tuberhybrida

Tuberous begonia.
Blooms in summer in various colours. Repetitive plantings.

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Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii

Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii‘Profusion’

Beautyberry.
Deciduous shrub.
Late summer/early fall interest.

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Shrub Shrub

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

Garden mum.
A fall classic used in containers and as bedding plants.
Various colours.

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Crocus

Crocus

Varieties bloom winter through early spring.

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Dahlia

Dahlia

Perennial – Blooms through summer/early fall.
A diverse collection of more than 200 varieties.
Show stopper along Concert Lawn.

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Delphinium ‘Pacific Hybrids’

Delphinium‘Pacific Hybrids’

Blooms late spring/early summer.
Stunning shades of blues and purples encircle the Rose Garden.

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