Re: Help identifying hellebores?/ companion plants

Hello Marge,
    I am in agreement about the dark color blooms of helleborus... they
definitely need to be place close to the path where they will show up. I
have 3 of the slate/dark blue I grew from seed some years back. they are in
a raised bed next to a path. Last fall I went back and transplanted Phlox
stolonifera 'Ariane'. This cultivar has exceptionally large flowers of white
with a yellow eye over ground hugging bright green foliage. Will not come
into bloom until about half-way through the bloom cycle of the hellebore.
Above this level there is an oak leaf hydrangea and I used a blue flowering
form of phlox stolonifera there with arisaema, columbine and hepatica.
    With my dark reds I am using primula veris in drifts. With some of the
species that are green/ purple flowering I am using Phlox divaricata for a
more "natural" or casual effect. Here again, there are several cultivars
with different color blooms and varying fragrance.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
www.munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana     Zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
snip.....
> I find white stands out from a distance as do the pale greeny/yellow
> flowers of H. foetidus and H. argutifolius, whereas the darker reds,
> purples, blues and blacks sort of blend into the mulch.  Think the
> dark flowers (which I love) need to be surrounded by something light
> so they stand out.  Have not gotten just what to use to do that
> figured out to my satisfaction yet.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland

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