Re: hellebores was: Shade Garden Gone?
- Subject: Re: [SG] hellebores was: Shade Garden Gone?
- From: Ann James a*@EARTHLINK.NET
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:45:16 -0600
Marge,
I got the gallon pots, not the babies. Wayside sends out such waifs in the
small pots, and I have learned my lesson, that I'd never invest in their
three inchers again. One of the hellebores was blooming when it got here
last year.
The species ones were the Christmas and the Lenten whatevers. I am not
really up on hellebores or shade gardening in general, so forgive me for not
being up on the patter. I just read the catalogs and order stuff that I
hope will settle down here and not have to be replanted. The primary object
is to have something that will grow and flourish without my getting down on
my knees. I get down fine, but getting up again is tricky.
The front bed seems to be useful for all sorts of plants, but the back one
where the ferns used to be I fear needs to become grass. It gets our
sprinkler system and our neighbor's sprinkler system, which I think may be
too much city water. Especially since it turns the arc on the wood fence
white.
Ann James
