Skip to main content

Featured

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
2 comments
Read more
Labels

Just picked...

 




Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
Email Post
Labels:

Comments

  1. NicFebruary 26, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    So pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  2. C. C.February 26, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Jealous! I've only got 4 blooms now out of hundreds of plants. Maybe in a couple of weeks I'll be able to make a beautiful bouquet.

    ReplyDelete
  3. rebeccaFebruary 26, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    Wow! Those are beautiful! Good luck with your talks on roses.

    /Z and I are on our own again until next Friday night. Todd left this past Thursday a.m. I will have to watch the oscars without him.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Catherine@AGardenerinProgressFebruary 26, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Those are so pretty! No daffodils blooming here yet, but even if they were I probably wouldn't have enough for a bouquet like that.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Tallulah's Antique ClosetFebruary 26, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Very pretty! I am so looking foward to seeing our roses bloom again. Thanks for sharing....Julian

    ReplyDelete
  6. KellyFebruary 26, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    Your beautiful flowers are the next best thing of having my own. Mine are coming up nicely though. Spring is just a few weeks away.
    Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Lisa at GreenbowFebruary 27, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    What a bunch of sunshine. They certainly make my heart go pitty patter and I can't even smell them. I don't even have buds yet. It won't be long if the temps stay as warm as they predict this coming week.

    ReplyDelete
  8. ConnorFebruary 27, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    Ellison and I just planted over 60 random bulbs in the yard! I can not wait to what comes up! Spring is here! hallelujah!

    ReplyDelete
  9. MashaFebruary 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Beautiful! You are lucky to have so many flowers to pick, even when the roses are still asleep.

    ReplyDelete
  10. LesFebruary 27, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    I can smell them from here! My first opened this week, only one so certainly not enough for a vase.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Hoover BooFebruary 27, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Oh beauty!

    ReplyDelete
  12. EveFebruary 27, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    They are so beautiful Phillip! I have them all over my yard now. Isn't the color in the yard just the thing!!!

    ReplyDelete
  13. meemsnycFebruary 27, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    Oh wow, just gorgeous.

    ReplyDelete
  14. DarlaFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    What a gorgeous bouquet!

    ReplyDelete
  15. GailFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:51 AM

    Lovely...

    ReplyDelete
  16. LolaFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    I like it. Sure wish I knew the name of the orange center/yellow outer Petals.

    ReplyDelete
  17. AnonymousMarch 1, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    Several of mine have opened overnight. So have my Lenten rose. If I can get home at a decent time I'll get some pictures. Tulip trees on the way to work are just fantastic.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular Posts