Hellebore Hygiene

Hellebores herald the arrival of spring, often blooming as early as January with delicate cup-shaped flowers in a wide variety of colors.These evergreen perennials don’t usually

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Are Hellebores hardy in Scotland, of course they are. Today we are taking a look at two which have been in flower since mid January.

Plant a Hellebore in your garden and you will be hooked. Before too long, you will be searching for spots where you can have more of these Winter flowering beauties. Hellebores Harvington Pink Speckled is our latest find, and she is performing very well in a pot on our patio.

Hellebores are unique flowering plants with distinct colors and shapes. If you want to include them in your garden, select a unique specimen from theBest Types of Hellebores Varieties displayed below!

Hellebores don’t generally like being moved, but a combination of builders scaffolding and their border getting too shady convinced me the time had come to move them. Their new home is beneath the tulip tree where they will be shaded in summer, but only by the tree rather than low growing shrubs.

Wandering round the rain-sodden, wind-blasted garden, it’s a delight to see how much is happening. Plants don’t listen to weather forecasts – they just get on with it. I haven’t got

Hellebores of Every Hue I love the many colour variations you get with hellebores – even the less successful natural crosses that pop up in the garden look good when tucked in amongst the star performers. Many years ago I had the good fortune to visit Elizabeth Strangman at Washfield Nursery (sadly long gone) and was entrusted with a few plants (buying one was a bit like adopting one of her children).

Hellebore Futures I decided it was time to deal with the glut of self-sown hellebore seedlings and pot some up to grow on. Given that one trowel of seedlings produced 15 plants I could probably spend the rest of spring dealing with the remaining seedlings, but they are just going to have to take their chances where they are.

Heaving with Hellebores Everywhere I look in the garden the ground is thick with hellebore seedlings – I can scarcely credit there was a time when I really struggled to grow them, now I have to treat the majority of the seedlings as weeds or they will crowd out everything else and never amount to much themselves. So, I will transplant some into the shady areas where there is still space for a few more, pot some up to grow on and give away and hoe up the rest.

Hellebores, Helleborus, are hardy perennials that bloom from late winter into early spring.Most varieties available

If you’re tired of looking out the window at a dormant winter landscape, have I got a plant for you! It’s Helleborus orientalis, aka Lenten rose, or simply, hellebore.Helleborus is a genus in the Ranunculaceae, or buttercup family that incl