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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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April showers



The April rains are really causing the garden to go into overdrive. Everything is popping out all over. The white wisteria has started to bloom as well as the spirea.




I've never seen so many blooms on Leathleaf Viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophyllum). The pink blooms to the right of it are on the Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens)



The Kerria (Kerria japonica) continues to shine - I could not find a good viewpoint without getting the oakleaf in the photo. :( 


 

I love these Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) - they are among my favorite bulbs.

 

The blooms on the Chinese Snowball (Viburnum macrocephalum) have now turned white. It puts on quite the show. Notice all the weeding I have to do!


 

Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. UnknownApril 16, 2014 at 7:40 AM

    Gorgeous pics! Love the white wisteria! :O)

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  2. Edith KentApril 16, 2014 at 9:49 AM

    All just beautiful! !!! Love the Chinese snowball.

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  3. C. C.April 16, 2014 at 10:44 AM

    I don't notice any weeds, everything looks lovely! We got a freeze last night, and some of my new hosta leaves now look like frozen lettuce. :( Your Chinese snowball is stunning. My CS's blooms were turning white, but the pounding rains and then the freeze pushed the branches to the ground. I hope it will recover.

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  4. AaronApril 16, 2014 at 3:46 PM

    I'm with CC -- it's easy to overlook the weeds and just focus on the beautiful bushes that take center stage!

    I'm really enjoying some viburnums up here - Alleghany, Prunifolium and Prague. It's my first year with all of them. Definitely becoming a favorite plant genus!

    PS - Your Kerria looks great. I've been underwhelmed when I saw one in person. But yours looks really good.

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  5. outlawgardenerApril 18, 2014 at 11:25 AM

    Your garden is stunning as ever! They are not weeds at all but native plants allowed to grow to attract beneficial insects. April is a magic month in our gardens!

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