Bogturtle's Garden- May 9_ 20, 2026

Seemed to stress out the program, so I have to change the date and start a new group. 

Really never noticed before, but the dwarf, red-barked Japanese Maple 'Fjelheim' is just about the color, now, it will turn in Fall. 

Really difficult managing blogger. This Rhododendron, called 

'Purple Passion' is actually a little deeper than the picture shows. 

Not much to look at, but one of the first perennials I planted here. So dependable. And evergreen Geum called Geum borisi, or sometimes 'King Boris'.

The Southern evergreen called a Leucothoe. A common name might be 'Dog Hobble' and any southern hunting hound would find it impossble to get through a thicket of it. Creamy white, urn shaped flowers show it is a member of the Heath family. After bloom, I will cut it to within 6 inches from the ground. I expect it to return as beautifully as it did, when I did that about 5 years ago. A heavy, wet snow, that broke so many trees, here, has it quite distorted now. 

This gray-blue flowered Midwest native is not that easy to see, here.

An Amsonia. The foliage should color a bright orange gold for Fall. An addition to the lens shaped Knockout Rose bed just outside the windows of this rear edition to the house. On the sunny side of the Roses. A good many more shade loving sorts will get some shade from the Roses as they get bigger. I see they are just budding up, after being cut down to about 18" lost Fall. 

This clone of our Southern Honeysuckle, L. sempervivium, once covered the end pole of the fence around the pool deck. Other plants have crowded it. The leaves are of the invasive Japanese Akebia quinata vine, showing up unexpectently from long runners, all over.