The Garden of Bogturtle

The beautiful Aesculus pavia, or Red Buckeye. A huge Virginia Pine rotted at the base and fell in its direction, smashing my 'Robert' Witch Hazel and Viburnum pragense 'Decker'. Just missing the Buckeye. All parts doing damage are now cut out and a good deal heading for my chipper, shredder as mulch. The Viburnum and Witch Hazel will never quite look the same, but they survive. A little later to come into bloom than the previously show Halesia diptera 'Silver Bell', this beautiful H. triptera blooms just where we leave the place we park our vehicles. Exceeds expectations, really. The plant explorers, from Britain, before we declared independence, came upon an amazing array of new plant sorts. Overwhelming, really. Expecially when they explored our southern mountains. This tree is found along the slopes of the mountains, where the rivers and creeks glide by. In full bloom and high in the Spicebush, Gelsemia sempervirens was previously shown. Our little native Iri