Bogturtle's Garden- January 2023
Such a pleasure to see, as, while bare in Winter, the little rock garden is practically weed free, after being depressingly overgrown with both wanted plants and pests. Already Daffodils have just poked out of the ground. Fully in bloom, the Witch Hazel, Hamamelis 'Rochester' will never be recommended by me, extraordinary as it is. In time, I suppose, the Van Belder family will come up with a match that sheds its leaves as completely as their selection 'Robert'. That is just showing the smallest amount of color, right now, and has never kept more than one or two leaves into bloom time. I did notice an odor as I walked by. Not unpleasant but not special. Another two Witch Hazels are just starting to a few opened buds. H. 'Wisely Supreme' and H. 'Angelly'. A bit of weather in the 50's and the blooms of the Wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox continue to open. For about the first time the fine perfume was detectable as you walked near. Enough open, I