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've never seen a rose like that first one before. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteSuch vivid colors!! Beautiful Phillip and I wandered back into your earlier posts! Amazing gardens! Brava!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous blooms!
ReplyDeleteOh, I LOVE Mrs. B. R. Cant! All of your photography is beautiful, and that one especially is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of some lovely blooms.
ReplyDeleteIs the first one Rosa mutabilis 'Chinensis'?
ReplyDeleteWait, what?! "Mutabalis" is not a rose, I don't care what you say! LOL.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful roses Phillip. Isn't it wonderful that the Japanese Beetles are finally gone?
ReplyDeleteThat first rose is amazing. I have a 'Buff Beauty' and like its delicate color.
ReplyDeleteClair Matin has such a beautiful color! I like the fountain, too!
ReplyDeleteLes, you are correct.
ReplyDeleteSweet Bay, I am happy that the Japanese beetles are gone. They were not too bad this year.
beautiful, Phillip
ReplyDeleteI like them all. I think I'm going to but a bare root the Autumn, probably Rosa Moyesii 'Geranium', apparently the hips are fantastic,flagon shaped.
ReplyDeleteWow Phil, lovely blog, so much info too. I look forward to 'digging' in. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! As each photo opened on my screen, I kept thinking..."That's my favorite! No, that one is....no, that one!" I guess I'll just have to love them all!
ReplyDeletePhillip~~Your roses are always beautifully charming. Mutabalis is unique and lovely....I seem to remember that Buff Beauty makes a wonderful show in your garden! gail
ReplyDeleteHow lucky to have so many roses still blooming! I love 'Clair matin', it's just beautiful!
ReplyDeletePhillip, lovely photos. I hope we get a few blooms in September. The Japanese beetles will be gone about the middle of the month. Doesn't leave much time for them to bloom before it frosts.
ReplyDeleteMarnie
What a beautiful post and the photography does each bloom full justice!
ReplyDeleteLovely.....
Your roses this time of the year are so beautiful. I've had fun surfing your other blogs. Your garden is quite spectaculat
ReplyDeleteBeautiful roses!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful roses. I hadn't seen the mutabilis before though I know it by name. I am a displaced gardener at the moment but on eday I will get it back, hopefully.
ReplyDeleteI love this mutabilis rose. Saw one this spring about 6ft wide and at least as tall.... Yours is great!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRose and plume poppy -- a combo I hadn't considers.
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