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
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful garden. What a treat. I especially loved the Ginkgo's.
ReplyDeleteNo words but stunning!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely, peaceful garden. That's a very pretty ninebark. Thanks for sharing your photos.
ReplyDeleteStunning! Thank you for the photos, I must visit this garden someday. Lots of take-away ideas!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! Thank you Phillip!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice post! This is surely well-designed Japanese garden! Most of the plants here are common in Japan, but I've never seen the Hydrangea aspera:) It's lovely! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWow.
ReplyDeleteLove the smokebush.
And all the other plants, of course :)
So much textural interest Philip... exactly the style of garden that I most enjoy visiting.... thanks for sharing! Larry
ReplyDeleteWow, yeah. Awesome. Want! That! Garden! Not that any of it would grow in my climate.
ReplyDeleteAnd excellent photos, too.
I'm in awe of all that green! We've entered our usual summer dry spell a bit early this year, and the lawn is already burned up. I've already forgotten how lovely that deep, rich green can be. There were two other shocks you showed me above, the ninebark and smoke tree. I have both of those, and they look NOTHING like that! Just plain wow.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have a property large enough that you can spread out all those big trees and shrubs. It looks great.
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