Swapping Huckleberries
Himalayan Honeysuckle ( Vaccinium glauco album) Himalayan Honeysuckle ( Vaccinium glauco album) has been an attractive feature along our north-facing foundation since I planted it in 2016. You will have to take my word for it since I cannot locate a photo although I know one exists somewhere in the realm of the Internet or floating on a cloud somewhere. I did locate a photo of how it looked when it was first planted - It took a few years to fill out but it did so nicely to an attractive mound about 2 feet high by 3 feet wide. Last year, it started to look bad. I cut it back but it had not improved and this is how it looked a few weeks ago - I decided to rip it out and plant another huckleberry - this time Vaccinium ovatum , more commonly known as the "Evergreen Huckleberry". This is a plant that I've wanted for ages and kept putting off getting one because I could not find a good place for it. By most accounts, this is an amazing plant, a native one and excellent for
Your garden looks so nice with the snow on it. Looks like a coating of frosting.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's easy to appreciate the artistic frosting when the duration is hours instead of months! Nice photos, Phillip!
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Snow on Camellias is not my idea of a scenic winter wonderland. I hope the blossoms are OK. The rest of your garden is enhanced by the temporary frosting. Lovely pics!
ReplyDeletePhillip, I hope that was the last cold snap we are going to have. How crazy is this weather acting? 77 degrees one day snow a couple of days later.
ReplyDeletePretty, but I hope it didn't harm your camellia flowers.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I'd love to see a post about your purple wall. How it fits into your garden, how it was constructed, etc.
I was just asking about the weather in 'Bama and didn't scroll down and see this post !
ReplyDeleteNow that's the kind of snow that I like -short and sweet. Hope it didn't harm anything.
It is prety, but I'm so over snow!
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