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 got a start of money plant from db's grandmother but it's never taken off. Too dry. I need to try it in another spot because it is lovely, especially in dappled shade.
ReplyDeleteI am not too good with seeds. I always have good intentions to sow some seeds but rarely do so. I love this plant. It is so pretty and I have some of those coins in a vase right now. Hard telling how old they are though.
ReplyDeleteThese are one of the mainstays of the late spring garden at my family's place. I usually cut most of of the dried seed pods when they stop looking nice or start getting in the way and put them on the compost pile. Then when I spread the compost I get lots of seedlings wherever it goes, thus ensuring lots more money plants.
ReplyDeleteI pulled most of mine up last year trying to keep the re-seeding down. They seem to multiply even without the seed pods. They are everywhere this year but a pretty sight.
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ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite annuals. Love how they take care of themselves....
ReplyDeleteDear Philip, I am familiar with this plant in its silver-pod form. I didn't realize it has such pretty flowers! P. x
ReplyDeleteIt is a favorite of mine, as well, though I have it now coming up (along with Cleome and Verbena bonariensis)in the cracks in the pavement in the street.....don't know why the neighbors talk!
ReplyDeleteHa ha..you make me want to watch Jerry McGuire again! This is one plant I have never grown but I need to. Thanks for sharing details about yours...sounds easy.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the plants I never recognize in bloom. It is so pretty.
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