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Re: Hellebores

>I bought Hellebores seeds from T&M last spring.  I sowed them in a pot,
>covered it lightly with plastic wrap and sunk it into the ground in my
>northfacing front yard (against the house.)  Well, so far nothing has
>come up!  What have I done wrong?
>
>Jill

Jill;

Hellebores require stratification, essentially a cold period or 'winter'
cycle to destroy germination inhibitors.  Providing your seeds are viable,
you *should* have seedlings in the Spring of 1998.

We have had the best luck with fresh seed.....Our T&M Hellebore seeds never
germinated (that's not to say your's won't :- ), but the ones we picked up
off the sidewalk at the Central Park Conservancy Garden germinated the best
(we had permission to collect them--we think it was June).

Should your seeds not germinate in the Spring, you might want to think
about buying a blooming size plant or two, and collecting seed from
them--They'll be fresh, and you can distribute them where you want them to
grow (or sow them in pots/cells, trays, etc).  If you let them fall where
they may, you'll eventually get a beautifully naturalized drift of them.

Best of luck,

Bill & Harvey
SKID Plants Zone 6 CT
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