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
Gorgeous! Is that Rudbeckia triloba?
ReplyDeleteIsn't Perilla also spelled w-e-e-d?
ReplyDeleteScott, it is. Les, yes it behaves like one!
ReplyDeleteA great combo. Isn't it odd that I haven't gotten perilla to start here?
ReplyDeleteLove them both and together they're marvelous!
ReplyDeleteI love Perilla. Dark foliage that grows just about anywhere and easy to pull out if it travels to locations out of bounds. What's not to like?
ReplyDeleteI have mountains of the purple herb.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a gorgeous combination. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteI normally would not mix those two colors together. The tree sits back a good distance from the angel's trumpet. It was an accident!
ReplyDeleteJust beautimus, Phillip!
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