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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
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July Bloom Day

I'm a day late for Gardener's Bloom Day. The garden is a wild mess right now and I've got to get out there and start working. The mosquitoes are terrible this year and for the first time in my life, they seem to like me. We've been getting a lot of rain and everything is lush and green. And as a result, more blooms than you'd normally see this time of year.

Lily "Scheherazade"

Aloe Vera - I didn't realize that the aloe vera bloomed but it does!

Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Lily "Caravan"

Tiger Lily
Naked Ladies (Lycoris squamigera)
Naked Ladies (Lycoris squamigera)
Italian Arum (Arum italicum)
Fleece Flower (Persicaria 'Red Dragon')
Crinum Lily
Begonia
Rose of Sharon "Bluebird" (Hibiscus syriacus)
To see what is blooming in other gardens all over the U.S., check out Garden Blogger's Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens.

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. scottweberpdxJuly 16, 2013 at 6:59 AM

    OMG...I'm in love with your Lilies! I just planted 'Sarabande' this spring...and it looks like it might have one or two buds on it...so excited!

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  2. Lisa at GreenbowJuly 16, 2013 at 7:31 AM

    I see the tiger is roaming your garden too. I have fallen in love with lilies. I am going to try to find more to plant. Happy GBBD.

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  3. AlisonJuly 16, 2013 at 8:18 AM

    Happy GBBD! I see it's lily season on a lot of blogs right now. I don't tire of seeing them though. So beautiful! (BTW, we are seldom bothered by mosquitoes here in Washington state. I'm not completely sure why. Although we get a lot of rain, possibly it doesn't really get hot enough for them to proliferate.)

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  4. ellenJuly 16, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Beautiful Philip absolutely beautiful

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  5. ellenJuly 16, 2013 at 9:38 AM

    Beautiful Philip absolutely beautiful

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  6. LarryJuly 16, 2013 at 9:59 AM

    Hi Philip! Is it just be or is your photography improving by leaps and bounds? Not that it wasn't excellent before, but I'm finding myself just soaking it in... Sheherazade is absolutely gorgeous in your capture!
    Larry

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  7. outlawgardenerJuly 16, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Oh yes, Alison's right, just one more reason to move to paradise. Or Portland:) Your blooms all look beautiful!

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  8. David OliverJuly 16, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    I have always liked lilies and those Naked Ladies are every bit as pretty as their namesakes.

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  9. Phillip OliverJuly 16, 2013 at 11:01 AM

    "seldom bothered by mosquitoes" - you guys are killing me!

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  10. AnonymousJuly 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM

    I'm growing Persicaria 'Red Dragon' for the first time this year and loving it. I've already cut it back once to keep it in bounds a bit. It is flowering again. Such a dainty flower. It all looks great there.~~Dee

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  11. CarolJuly 16, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    Lovely blooms! We are finally getting some rain-maybe I'll get some relief on my water bill! Have a great week! Blessings

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  12. Edith KentJuly 16, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Beautiful blooms. Remember the tiger lilies from way, way back. The begonia and container are awesome paired together!

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  13. Rosedale GardenJuly 16, 2013 at 9:39 PM

    My Scheherazade is blooming, but my Naked Ladies haven't yet. I lost several lilium last year, but still have around 20 varieties.

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  14. Anne BoykinJuly 17, 2013 at 2:04 AM

    Hi Phillip, Love your naked ladies. I've planted them a couple of times and got nothing. Is there a secret to them, do you know? Love your garden!

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  15. RoseJuly 17, 2013 at 5:23 AM

    My garden is a mess right now, too, but the heat is keeping me out of it even more than the mosquitoes. I always thought mosquitoes liked me because I was sweet, but now I find out they like people with type O blood:)

    All your lilies are beautiful! I've been "touring" your garden via Tina's posts--what a magnificent garden you have, Phillip!

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  16. NicJuly 17, 2013 at 7:02 AM

    So jealous of those naked ladies. Maybe I should give them a try even though I am technically out of their zone range. Perhaps with a good layer of mulch they will not notice.

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  17. spurgeJuly 17, 2013 at 7:03 AM

    Amazing lilies! That orange daylily is perhaps the most striking I have seen. And how interesting to see blooms of aloe vera - here it grows only indoors as a houseplant, never blooms. Very cool.

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  18. Tatyana@MySecretGardenJuly 26, 2013 at 4:52 PM

    "Scheherazade" is amazing! Tiger Lily is 3-D, what a wonderful shot!

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  19. RobinLJuly 26, 2013 at 7:07 PM

    Everybody is out there posting all these gorgeous lily pix, and I'm over here fussing over my one lonely lily! Lovely Phillip, truly!

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  20. Gardens at Waters EastJuly 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM

    As usual, beautiful photos. I much enjoyed my visit today. I try hard here on the shores of Lake Michigan, but I'll never get the kind of photos you have. They are awesome.JC

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