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Bogturtle's Garden- December 2022

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This really tall Hydrangea has colored nicely. It blooms with white flowers that smell a lot like Johnson's Baby Powder. Strangely missing from my spreadsheet, it does not ring a bell.  Zenobia pulverulenta 'Blue Form' has bluish green foliage, but turns these beautiful colors and keeps these deep into Winter. The Dusty Zenobia is a southern wetlands plant, and the only member of its Genus, to my knowledge. A truly rare shrub. Mine seldom gets much Sun, being overshadowed by a big Holly. It contrasts nicely with the almost evergreen Epimedium under it.  Another shrub that has been here for decades, the Nandina domestica, or Heavenly Bamboo, form called 'Harbor Dwarf'. It keeps this color for much of Winter, and I think it is evergreen, but has never had flowers or berries. I suppose most of these leaves will drop from this small Cotoneaster.  It does show some browsing from Deer, as they seem to be getting a little bolder. It's in the little rock garden right by