Bogturtle's Garden- June 11-20. 2026

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The rather unimpressive blooms of the beautiful Hydrangea Vine, Shizophragmy hydragenoides 'Moonlight', I think. 

Out by the mailboxes, my neighbor planted these beautiful Flander's Field sort of Poppy. I think they are Papaver rheos. I may collect the seed and strew that near the bird feeder, as that area, presently, has almost nothing but weeds, attractive and otherwise. 

Hypericum kalmianum, I think. A fine, tall ground cover, and evergreen in my zone 7a. On one side of the front walk, just before the line of Azaleas begins.


This is the Hydrangea vine, but the sort called 'Moonlight'. The mature leaves have a peculiar sheen to them. 


IIn the pot holding the dwarf Japanese Maple 'fjelheim' is a small clump of the most amazingly tiny perennial. Originally from Japan. Lysmachia minutissima, I think. A larger clump is thriving at the edge of the little pool. 

Out by the mailboxes, a pair of Wild Turkeys were strolling. I see the beard on the male Not especially shy. This may be the same two occasionally by the little pool in the back of the house.

A particularly colorfull male Box Turtle. Males have red eyes.





Blogger is such a nuisance. Stopped trying to enlarge the above photos of the golden yellow and separate orange flowered plants and the white sort in a tub behind the pool. All seed grown. Asclepias tuberosa and yellow and orange, and  A. incarnata, in the previously shown white form 'Alba'. And, annoyingly, a deer browsed the flowers off one of the orange plants. Common in fields, locally, and extremely deer resistant, with  sticky white sap. Did not deter one, apparently.


he first shrubs we planted and leaning out into where we Just at the start of the walk to the front stairs Astilbe 'Bridal Veil' leans out.



Almost directly across the walk is Hypericum kalmianum.


And here is the entire clump of Lysmachia punctata, again. I won't even show Lysmachia nummelaria, which is a plant I regret even bringing here. 

And above is the first few flowers of the white flowered clone of Lychnis coronaria, which usually has royal purple flowers. Just at the front of the little rock garden. As appreciated for the felty gray foliage as for the flowers. 


'Knowlian's Black' Morning Glory certainly is not black. But it is great in that is comes back from seed it dropped last year, in faithful color. 'Heavenly Blue' has never done that. 


In a pot, having been rescued from a spot where larger shrubs would have shaded it out, is Azalea 'Orange Creeper'. A strange name, but the plant stays low. Usually less than two feet tall. 


Below, just a single head of Hydrangea 'Snow Queen'.


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