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
Hi Phillip...The rain has been abundant. That is an odd place for it to grow! Mushrooms are everywhere; great big fairy rings in front yards all over the city! Have the reservoirs and lakes returned to normal after all this rain?
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ReplyDeleteThere's a fairy ring down the street from me that crosses their driveway. It's got to be at least eight feet wide.
ReplyDeleteI 've no idea whether its edible but you have to admit that its definitely optimistic.
ReplyDeleteAnd ambitious!
Now that shot is the epitome of Autumn!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's edible but I wouldn't base a dinner party around it, ha.
Oh your capture is superb, Phillip! We too have had much rain and there is a large fairy ring at city hall! On the lawn that is. :-)
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Great shot!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I would venture out on a limb that "it might be edible......" Just enjoy it as is!
An excellent photo. It looks so elegant. I wouldn't eat it though. I don't know if it is edible. Mushrooms often have poisonous look alikes.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great picture!
ReplyDeleteWe've been getting drenched in Jxn MS too. And my raised vegetable beds are filled with mushrooms. Oh well, good compost material (I think?!)
A Chef in the Garden posted about mushrooms, too, though his was much more, erm, attention-getting, LOL! The soil is SO DRY here, it is hard to get the spade in more than a few inches and I'm needing to plant a bunch of stuff! The dahlias are still blooming, but I'll dig them out for you in a few weeks. They are in an area of improved soil so they will be easier to get out!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would experiment with eating that mushroom...
ReplyDeleteWe have them everywhere as well and have probably had the same rains. The rings are pretty neat to see.
It's beautiful. We've seen a variety of mushrooms here too. Yours is a lovely color.
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What an exquisite photo Phillip! What an eye! Not sure if it is edible but most likely some critter will eat it soon, that is if your autos do make mushroom pudding of it. I hear you and Georgia are having flooding... hopefully you are too high for that.
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, I wandered into here from Rob at 'my french garden' and have really enjoyed reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm also quite envious of your rain - unusual from a Brit in the north of England but, hey, we've not had proper rain for about a month and the garden is looking a bit weary!
I don't know anything about mushrooms and tend to leave them well alone, but that's a great photo! :)
Even watering will bring out the mushrooms. Last week when I watered one bed with soaker hose, up popped a colony of mushrooms. Your photo is really good.
ReplyDeleteGreat capture! Perhapa it's feeding off fallen leaves..
ReplyDeleteWhat a great picture! I've just started noticing them in the last few days around here.
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