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
I would certainly give that room in my garden; wonderful photo.
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I have some growing by a Russian Sage plant. I didn't know it was widely known as a good place for them. It happened quite by accident here no doubt. I have never heard them called leopard plants either. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful lily!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a delicate orchid for some reason...
I had a picture of this lily on my blog a few weeks ago. I didn't know what it was. Tina from In the Garden blog, told me it was a Blackberry Lily. Sometimes my neighbor plants things in my garden to surprise me. He is away on vacation for a few weeks, so I have not been ablr to ask him if it was him. Thank you for posting the info on it.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe your blackberry Lily is already blooming. Mine do not even have a hint that a bloom is coming. Isn't is strange how things can flower in one area weeks before one farther south?
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Always Growing
Phillip, it's one of my favorite plants...I love how the little flower curls up after blooming! I have it in yellow and orange... ut haven't seen the yellow yet...I will look for it now!
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Thanks all! Skeeter, it does look like an orchid, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteGail, I've never seen the yellow in person. They sell it here - http://www.lazyssfarm.com/Plants/Perennials/B%20files/B_images/belamcanda_hello_yellow.htm
I've ordered from this nursery and they have nice, healthy plants.
It is a show stopper. I think these would look good at the back of my shed. We get strong morning sun there but shade in the afternoon. I might give a try. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteNow how wierd, I just took a pic of mine yestersay, to post later this week! They are pretty aren't they?
ReplyDeleteIt looks a bit like toad lilies doesn't it? I tried it once but had no luck. Urrr. Sure is pretty.
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