For one thing: DON'T step in your garden when its wet. Just leave it alone, you'll only compact the soil. Any cultivated soil will become thick, deep mud when when. I am very proud that rows in my garden have two feet of mud after it rains - I had to till deeply and repeatedly to get it that way! I also have a garden over clay with drainage problems (at the bottom of a hill). My solution has been to shovel deeply between rows down to more compacted soil, and to pile dirt into taller rows. The path between rows is more solid because it is just a little topsoil over clay and can be walked on when wet, and the rows themselves do not go under water. All that shoveling is also a great workout! You can see it here where the furrows are wet, but can be walked on, and the rows themselves have dried out.

I have fresh seeds from my 'Black Knight' butterfly bush + quite a few other seed types since I also garden for the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. They're yours for postage & self-addressed label. Sending an email.

i cant focus on a leaf.. so others may ask for a better pic ... but it generally reminds me of bluebeards mist.. aka caryopteris ... though i am no botanist ... but it should be in late bloom.. and that makes me think i am wrong ... ken

Sarcococca, I'm not sure just which one. Sweet Box.