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
BEST WISHES FOR YOUR MOM !!! My mom has the birthday on the same, too ! Her name is Stanisława.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day. Bye! Kate from Poland.
SO beautiful!! It really was a special day!
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky to have your mother still. You are a smart son to spend today with her. Did Michael tell you Glen and I visited your garden today? Sorry we missed you but Michael made us feel welcome. I took a few cuttings of things that I still desperately want to propagate (Buff Beauty and Veichenblau to name 2). When are you ever going to come see my garden and carry home some of my stuff? LOL I didn't want to bother Michael (he was busy sewing) when we left. Thanks to you both for being such nice garden people.
ReplyDeleteMichael arrangement is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou asked about the rugosas... The rugosas do like it here in central NC. The soil is very acid and the summers don't bother them. I have alba, rubra, Foxi Pavement, Hansa, and Sir Thomas Lipton. We gave STL to my MIL a few years ago and I was able to root a cutting from it. (Clotilde Soupert genes must have helped with that, as I didn't think rugosas rooted well in general.)
So gorgeous...ver, very charming!
ReplyDeleteThank you Phillip for sharing your Mom's arrangement. It is gorgeous. I know your Mom appreciated the effort.
ReplyDeleteOh Phillip! I just read and saw what you had to do to that beautiful tree!!!!!!!! I'm so sorry!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your mom.
Rebecca
what a gorgeous arrangement!!!! You should cut more flowers, enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteThe arrangement is beautiful. Michael is very talented.
ReplyDeletePat Moore
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Like you, Phillip, I find it hard to cut my flowers. But that arrangement is GORGEOUS! Was it for you or Mom? Sorry about losing your tree, it must be sad. Will you replace it, or fill in with flowers? You are right, our lawn is indeed lush. That's my hubby's pride and joy, but remember, we are WAY above normal for rainfall, so it's especially green this spring.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Kate, it is exciting to see someone here on my blog from Poland!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, I e-mailed you!
Sweetbay, I think Hansa and FJ Grootendorst are the only rugosas I have at the moment. They have always done really well.
MsRobin, the arrangement stayed with us. I took my mother a chocolate cake instead!
I hate having anything cut out of my garden to bring in the house, so it has to be a special occasion. I guess Mother's Day would be reason enough, or if a forecasted storm was going to cause a beat down. I hope you mother had a delightful birthday.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, Phillip... it's much more sensible to carry the chocolate cake to your mom and not try to transport Michael's gorgeous flower arrangement! How fun that your mother's birthday fell on Mother's Day.
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