Re: Help identifying hellebores?/ companion plants
- Subject: Re: Help identifying hellebores?/ companion plants
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 02:38:04 -0500
Now, Gene, that Primula veris sounds like it would work as mine are
blooming now and so are the Hellebores...great idea. My P.
divaricata doesn't bloom until my Hellebores are about over....what
I'm looking for is something that either blooms at the same time or
has foliage that stays decent...been thinking of this little Carex I
have with white variegated foliage and if I can get my act together
to divide what I've got, I will try it around the base of some of the
dark reds and purples.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Gene Bush <genebush@otherside.com>
>
> 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
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