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
Nice pics! You can tell a lot of work goes on in that yard.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of a lovely garden. Congrats on getting an article published!
ReplyDeleteFound your blog via Faire Garden.
Phillip,
ReplyDeleteAre you a garden writer and librarian? Good photos, very fine garden.
gail
Congratulations on the article, Phillip! I like the vegetable garden with the rosemary and brick edging around the corn... guess those are chives flowering? It looks like a good place to spend time.
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Thanks Wayne!
ReplyDeleteYolanda, thanks for visiting - please come again.
Gail, my full time job is librarian. Writing about and photographing gardens is a new venture, just something to do on the side. Maybe I can retire early and have this to fall back on. It is sure more fun than my full time work.
Thanks Annie!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the article! Love the photos, especially the Autumn pic with the water.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics! I need to subscribe to that magazine.
ReplyDeleteAll that and a windmill too!
ReplyDeleteAwesome garden.
That is a beautiful garden. Congratulations on the article.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your beutiful garden, it absolutely belongs in a magazine!
ReplyDeletePhillip, we just got our first issue last weed and we found your article and photos. We were just tickled that you were in our first one. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteLovely garden, Phillip. It certainly deserves recognition. Congrats on being published.
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