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
Phillip, your roses are beautiful. Our peonies are loaded with blossoms this year, but haven't opened yet. The iris in your third photo (with the Japanese maple) looks like 'Braithwaite.' Our irises are just beginning to bloom. If the rain will ever stop, I can get some pictures. The yard and gardens are too wet to walk through. ~~Rhonda
ReplyDeleteLovely blooms, roses especially, you have some really special ones. I love your hybrid musks, they are at their peak here too.
ReplyDeleteProsperity and Red Cascade just take your breath, don't they? Great May Day Photos!
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ReplyDeletePhillip, I don't know what to praise the first - the blooms or your photographs! Both are great! Wonderful flowers, especially peony and roses. The pictures are very, very nice!
ReplyDeleteThose are hot, Phllip! As always, I love your roses.
ReplyDeleteOh my. Such beauty on a Monday morning. :)
ReplyDeleteI've got a 6' wooden post that is crying out for 'Red Cascade.' Will look for that.
And I love seeing your 'Sango Kaku'! I have 3 in various stages of youth and can't wait until they get larger! One of the most beautiful Japanese maples.
What beautiful photos of spring in full flow. We are still assessing winter's damage, but are hopeful!
ReplyDeleteYour gardens are welcoming May! Love the miniature climbing rose.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so tranquil and lovely! Gorgeous roses! Glad you were spared from the tornadoes.
ReplyDeleteThis May Day thing just baffles me. I never heard of it until I was reading some other blogs this evening. I am just out of the loop. So it came and went and I didn't even know it was such a special day. Like your photos!
ReplyDeleteI just love this time of year. Every morning before going to work I find something new in bloom. When I come home more are there to greet me. Mary
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks so lush Philip. I would love to invite Betty Corning to my garden.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks just beautiful! Thanks Phillip!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos. I was checking to see how you fared in the storms. I live in Cherokee County, near an area that was devastated. We just have trees and limbs down
ReplyDeletePhillip, Oh my goodness~your garden is delightful in early May! I love the combinations you've created~the peony with maple tree and Daydream rose with the spirea are especially charming. Just lovely. gail
ReplyDeleteYou may have ID'd a rose for me- Red cascade. I think it may be the one I propagated from a pharmacy parking lot in Petersville. Love all your pics of course. I am so pleased with the Lyda rose I started from your garden. It is so pretty in form. It has become a nice sized plant in 3 years. Also loving Marjorie Fair. I'll post pics of roses soon.
ReplyDeleteYou have such an abundance of roses and they are all so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour photography is wonderful! I especially love the clematis photo. Your garden is glorious. It must be a treat to wander through it. You have some gorgeous roses! Red cascade is an amazing rose and has grown (and grown!) to become my favorite.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this a fabulous time of year, excepting tornadoes, of course! However. I'm not looking forward to summer!
Nice photos, how many gardeners do you employ? lol
ReplyDeletejust lovely...that clematis shot is especially wonderful...so elegant!
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