The Garden of Bogturtle

Sold everywhere, this time of year, and one pot was planted at the base of the Sourgum Tree by the front walk. Just keeps getting better and better. The dwarf called 'Tete a Tete'.                                                                                                            Half inch wide flowers on what is often called the 'white forsythia'. Abeliophylum distichum, a Korean native, but reported to be rare, there. At any rate, my bush is sparse, getting quite a bit of shade, and tinted pink, which frequently happens with cooler weather. In fact, a pink form does exist. I suppose this is the typical 'Lenten Rose'. Some sort of Helleborus hybrid, likely. If I had my druthers, I'd appreciate the flowers facing out or up, but this plant is always welcome, as Winter ebbs. I tried to get the camera low enough to catch the inside of a flower, but then, of course, I could not tell what the camera was really catching. So many beautiful sorts are on the m