Re: Help with helleborus
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Help with helleborus
- From: M* D*
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:36:43 -0600
At 12:43 PM 11/4/98 -0600, Don Martinson wrote:
>Early this past summer I received a generous supply of oriental hybrid
>helleborus seeds. Some I sowed in the garden, presumably to germinate the
>following spring, others I potted up and put in my refrigerator in hopes of
>pre-chilling them to germinate this summer and thus gain a year.
>Unfortunately, the potted, pre-chilled seeds did not sprout when planned,
>but have now sprouted in November. Since I live in Wisconsin (Zone 5),
>there is no way I want to leave these seedlings outside. How can I best
>care for these newly germinated helleborus seeds until next spring?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Don Martinson
Don, Helleborus are, in my experience, quite hardy and should fare well
outside if you can harden them off gradually before the serious winter
weather sets in. How about putting them in a coldframe? Another trick I
have used when short on storage space is to plant pots in the compost pile.
I have kept some tender Salvias going with no ill effect that way.
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
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