The Garden of Bogturtle- July 1-10, 2022

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The Japanese Stewartia spilling the day old spent flowers, but I have never seen more than this year. Framed by the middle of the set of windows.

 The Red Knockout Roses were not pruned. They bloomed heavily, and as those flowers faded, new stems came up and bloomed heavily. There is also some new reddish growth all over. Plan is to prune them down, in Fall to about 18 inches. Never did that before.  





Azalea 'Weston's Lemon Drop' is almost buried in the one side of the circle nearest where we park. A deciduous shrub. Actually surprised that it blooms so late, as I never thought about it. A nice smell, and the shrub may take on a little color before the leaves drop for Winter.  The white flowers are Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen', and at their best now. 


The earlier blooming clone of the Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora.  The species name 'parviflora' relates to the small flowers, but they are carried in significant candles over a foot long. Quite poisonous, the buckeyes these shrubs have produced have sprouted into little ones and a colony is expanding. 


First of many flowers on the yellow Buddlea weyeriana 'Honeycomb'. A favorite of the Deer, it must be sprayed with repellent after every storm. 



Crocosmia 'Diablo' leans out over the lawn from the border in front of a screen that hides the potting bench and rehab area from view. A similar red to the tall red Monarda 'Garden View Scarlet'.


Probably Cherokee Yellow Wax Beans. The first harvested this year. As each set sprouted, I planted another, hoping to have beans the rest of the Summer. But I was surprised by the amazing number of nodules of Nitrogen fixing bacteria on the roots of the plants. I don't try to wait for new beans to show up on the older plants, but just plant another row of seed.  I don't think the seeds were innoculated, which farmers can do to increase crops. Beans, with the help of the infesting bacteria, are able to capture Nitrogen from the air, and Nitrogen is major in proteins. Why beans are higher in protein than most other vegetables. I did not record when I planted the different sorts, so it will be a surprise, as each group of bean plants has their crop. The plants will be roto-tilled into the garden, as Legumes, of which beans are just one sort, enrich the soil with Nitrogen and are frequently just grown as cover crops for that reason.

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