Re: Hosta and Helebore seed ?
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- Subject: Re: Hosta and Helebore seed ?
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 01:27:57 -0400
You're welcome, Barbara...yes, Hellebores are great plants -
addictive as I can testify. The most commonly available species are
also quite undemanding of time if planted in a spot that suits them.
They only need old flower stems and old leaves trimmed off once a
year...can't beat that, really, for the show they give you at an
otherwise deadish time of year flowerwise (at least in my garden).
If you'd like to see some hellebore flower pix to drool over, check
out UK hellebore breeder, Graham Birkin's site...Graham's Hellebores.
http://www.hellebores.hort.net/
And, if you're interested in knowing more about this genus and the
two major types of species of hellebores, you might find the series
of articles I did on them a while back of some use...have a bit in
there about sowing seeds plus pix of what seedlings look like as
well. This will take you to the first one:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/17614
Doing the research for that series hooked me permanently...I am now a
certified (some would say certifiable) hellebore addict:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: WHTROS@aol.com
> Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 4:13 PM
>
> Thank you very much for the suggestion, Marge.
> I didn't think about there being a Hellebore list.
> I will try that. I've heard so much wonderful things about
Hellebores that
> they are on "Gotta Have" list.
> Knowing when they set seed helps, too. I recently found a
plant/seed
> exchange at:
> http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/explant/?14888
> I will try them again next year. Someone has offered me some seed
next
> summer but may also join the list and/or request some other
varieties.
> Thank you for your help and Best Wishes, Barbara
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