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
Nice photos. Thank you for sharing. I bet the bees and hummers love this garden too.
ReplyDeleteYou caught Lucy's garden in its prime! Not that it's ever lacking for charm, but I've never seen it so floriferous.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's an incredible garden but one would expect no less from the amazing Ms Hardiman! Love the tree with all of the glass spheres!
ReplyDeleteSuch a rich tapestry.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Lucy's garden a bit later in the year, it's looking just beautiful in your photos. It's a very colorful garden. Now I know what those large shrubs are that I saw in D.C. whose flowers reminded me a bit of lilacs. They must have been blooming crape myrtles.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos show her incredible color discipline which gives such a dramatic effect. This looks like an entirely different garden than the one I saw almost 10 years ago, which I remember as a shared space among neighbors (?) or maybe it's just been completely reworked.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure but her neighbor's garden next door was also open. It was very small but fantastic. I plan to post photos of it next.
DeleteAn eye candy this garden is. Every picture is perfect and screams Summer.
ReplyDeleteYou say: Yarn in the garden? Why not? and I say Why Knot :-)
Riffing off of Denise's comment, this garden strikes me as a fantastic mix of whimsy and color discipline. Thanks for sharing it with us virtually!
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing this beautiful garden
ReplyDeleteOh my that's so lovely. My kind of garden.
ReplyDeleteYou captured much of what has earned Lucy her big reputation. We (Joy Creek) had Galega 'Lady Wilson' for sale at Hortlandia but because it was not in bloom at the time, it flew under the radar. Right now, everyone is exclaiming "What's That?!" when they see it in the garden.
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