Our Experiences

Spirithouse Gardens is a micro‑nursery on the Canadian West Coast, dedicated to cultivating and sharing seeds for rare and unusual plants. Every seed is sustainably grown on site, and its germination method tested. Successful germination begins with viable seed, which…

Skill Level: Intermediate Allium forrestii is one of our favourite ornamental onions. Rather than forming the typical onion orb, it produces clusters of nodding bells that dangle gracefully from slender, arching stems. In bloom it has a jewel‑like intensity—compact, upright,…

Skill Level: Intermediate Anemone leveillei is one of the most quietly exquisite anemones for woodland and lightly shaded gardens. Its flowers are deceptively simple at first glance—white, open, and lightly nodding—but turn them slightly and the magic appears: each petal…

Skill Level: Intermediate Anemonopsis macrophylla is one of the most elegant woodland perennials, treasured for its nodding, porcelain like flowers that appear in mid to late summer. Each bloom is smoky white dipped in a soft grey-lavender, layered like a…

Skill Level: Intermediate Arisaema tortuosum, the Whipcord Cobra Lily, is one of the most striking members of the genus. Growing 3–6 feet tall, it forms a single pseudostem topped with an umbrella‑like leaf, while the long, threadlike spadix rising above…

Skill Level: Intermediate Arisaema triphyllum, is a Jack in the Pulpit native to eastern North America and one of the easiest to start from seed. In its native range, it emerges in early spring and blooms between April and May.…

Skill Level: Beginner Berkheya purpurea is a striking, thistle like perennial from the high grasslands of South Africa, where cool nights, bright sun, and lean soils shape its tough, architectural character. Its bold, silver green, spiny foliage forms a handsome…

Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Billardiera longiflora, known as Climbing Blueberry or Purple Appleberry, is an elegant, twining evergreen vine native to Tasmania and southeastern Australia. In the garden it thrives in humus rich, neutral to acidic, lime free soils…

Skill Level: Beginner Bukiniczia cabulica, sometimes called the Afghan Pink or simply Bukiniczia, is a striking rosette forming member of the bellflower family native to rocky, sun washed slopes of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Its low, architectural whorl of silver green,…

Skill Level: Intermediate Chiastophyllum oppositifolium, sometimes called Lamb’s Tail, is a graceful, shade-leaning alpine from the Caucasus, valued for its arching stems of soft, dangling yellow flowers in late spring. It thrives in partial shade, cool roots, and moist but…

Skill Level: Beginner – Intermediate (small seed technique) Codonopsis convolvulacea ssp. Grey wilsonii is an unusual vine from the high, open slopes of Yunnan and Sichuan where it weaves through shrubs and over rock. In cultivation it grows as a…