The Garden of Bogturtle

 Date is off by at least 2 days, and surely the time is totally off.  I think it was the night of 5/30, but it is progress, in that the other camera out by the little pool did not take night photos, and I have always assumed all the animals visiting the leftovers from supper, out by the barn, are likely to walk across the yard and get a drink.  About 5 white Fox Glove plants were put just in front of the vine covered fence that hides the sides of the pool from where we park. This one has done the best. 5 feet tall. Roots in the shade and head in the Sun. Taken with my phone, so not a perfect photo. Digitalis is, thankfully, totally left alone by Deer, Rabbits and Woodchucks. This is D. purpurea 'Alba'.  I save seed and plan to have this biennial blooming every Summer. I think cutting off the flower spikes and preventing seed might cause some of the plants to go through another winter. I have about 6 potted up, but back in the plant rehab and propagation area. Plants grow for a

  Three similar Honeysuckles are blooming here. This one seems to have the largest flowers. I was not successful in introducing this plant on the first effort, but it has exceeded expectations. Lonicera tellmanianna, Tellman's Honeysuckle, is thriving on the lattice that surrounds the pool deck, mixed in with an equally vigorous climbing Rose called 'Winner's Circle'. The other two are L. tragophylla, the species from China, and the highly promoted 'Mandarin'. Mandarin may be just L. tragophylla or a hybrid including tragophylla, and any relationship between L. tragophylla, Mandarin and Tellman's is a mystery to me.  But they sure are similar, scentless and not recurrent in bloom. Taken with my little finepix camera with my zoom option across the pool deck from where we park the vehicles. Tellman's Honeysuckle to the left and the climbing Rose 'Winners Circle' to the right.  Iris tectorum. Tellmans Honeysuckle and Winners Circle Rose from behind

  Athyrium japonicum, the Japanese Painted Fern is in many places on the property, but this is the largest sample, among all, and in the main perennial bed. Tradescantia virginiana, I think. The Spiderwort, named for either the filaments in the middle of each flower or the clear strands of sticky sap that comes if you break a stem. Ordered from Lamb's nursery, which is famous, but long out of business, to my knowledge. Available in many colors from them, in named varieties, but all have long blended and the common deep violet is most frequently seen here. But any shade might show up, and this is a pale lavendar. A grand addition, but also a too successful plant here. Constantly weeded out, with having to just break the soft stems off at ground level, usually 2x. So an easily managed weed.  The yellow is the flowering part of Arum italicum, with a ghostly green part easily seen. The spadix? I only have this plant for the neat foliage, that may die down later into the Summer, but end