Bogturtle's Carden- Sept, 2026

Just wanted a photo of a flower and the resulting fruit of the native to our South, the hardy Passion Fruit, Passiflora incarnata. Mine is growing on the wire of the fenced in veggie garden. And it is the chosen clone called 'Alba'. Not a great smell to me, but I am not what is to be attracted. Supposedly, the fruit is edible, but almost useless, having so many seeds. Nevertheless, my grandson has great interest in every type of food, and may separate out the pulp, just as an experiment. 

I did not really want any video, but my phone seems to have a mind of its own. 

Not enough blooms to make an advertisement, but Daylily 'Happy Returns' has. And I have rooted out most of the Japanese Honeysuckle, Virginia Creeper, and similar pests. A new mulch of chipped up branches is planned. 

Blooming nicely in the main perennial bed, between where we park and the fence hiding the pool. And I cannot recall planting it. Would never have chosen this pink. And Deer do munch on Phlox paniculata when they can. 

 Deer got to about the only specimen of the Obedient Plant, and it has rebloomed with these few flowers. In a pot by the circular bed that has the Daylily plants just shown. I am going to guess Physiostygia virginiana, without checking. It is a native, and I think its usually pink.

Most gareners would probably prefer the normal wine or purple color of the flowers of Dolichos lablab, the Hyacinth Bean. And especially because the seed pods are also brilliantly colored. Because the curved seed pods look like a crescent, one advertiser listed its seeds, for sale, as 'Ruby Moon;.

Ilex hetzi was put here after I built the little landing for the addition.Added around 2004.   The most dependable, almost like a piece of architecture. But huge, now. Really an ideal foundation plant, at least in this climate.

Many opportunities, as Buddlea is often called Butterfly Bush. There were two Tiger Swallowtails on the same cluster, but your chances of an ideal photo are slim. Actually a computer snip of a video I took that was mostly a waste.                                                            Buddlea weyerianna 'Honeycomb'.

The hardy wax like Begonia evansianna 'Heron's Piroette'. Blooms beautifully in the shade, although nothing like the annuals one can buy.

Many more blooms expected, as it blooms in a panicle, and true blue. Near cobalt bottle blue. The Leadwort, Ceratostigmata plumbagenoides,  if I spelled that right. Also, sadly, named Plumbago larpentae. Who needs that confusion? Low growing, surprisingly late in showing up, and, it seems, rather late in blooming. I wish I had more or these half inch wide blooms. 

Really a better photo.

The Four-O'Clocks stayed open longer in the morning than usual. Perhaps because the weather is a little cooler. I see seed already formed on some plants.

A cultivar of the MarshMallow, so common locally. Dinner plate sized blooms. Too nice an opportunity to pass by, with the light just perfect. Years ago, I bought seed, and was instructed to pour hot water over the seed to get it going. This may be one of the plants, but it was many years ago. The other Species of Mallow, more Southern, is not doing as well, and really kept from blooming by a deer grazing the forming buds.

Mimosa pudica, the Sensative Plant will, usually, interest children. Other species might act a little like this, but this is the best I know of. Most Mimosa species look like this, and have similar puffy types of flowers. The common tree, locally, Mimosa julibressen, if I have that right, has similar flowers in pink. I hope this plant blooms, and I can collect the seeds, as they are often expensive on the web. My favorite nursery for house plants charges an outrageous price for a single little pot.  I had planted seeds in the box where I start garden plants, this Spring, and this one grew, without my seeing it. I had made several efforts without success. It will have feathery little purple flowers if it succeeds. A tropical or semi-tropical, and I have no idea how big a plant can get. If touched, it collapses, but will restore just fine, in less than 10 minutes. 

Again, perhaps, I planted a Trumpet Vine, Bignonia radicans 'Mrs Galen' at the base of the Holly tree, expecting it to climb up. Instead, and sensibly, it climbed South into the Vitex and Prunus mume trees, instead. blooming beautifully there, but, as with too many vines, it produced lots of suckers, cropping up where not wanted, and lots of seedlings, also not wanted. 

While I showed the pink form of Bignonia evansianna, the regular species seems to bloom white. The one shown before was the special, pink blooming clone. 

The little, harmless Ring Necked Snakes are common but secretive. Their belly will be red, orange or yellow, matching the color of their ring on their necks. This one was hiding in the pool cover as I opened it to put on the pool for the Winter.

Not a great photo, but this smaller Morning Glory, maybe  just an inch across, comes back like a weed. True blue, but not sky blue, like 'Heavenly Blue', which I also planted. Opomea indica, maybe. 

It just seeds about and grows on the fence around the vegetables, and I just tear it out, if it looks like it will shade the garden too much.