Re: hellebores was: Shade Garden Gone?

Well, hurrah for those tough little plants!  I wouldn't survive being
stomped on by Old English Sheepdogs! :-)

Hope your plants survive your winter and prosper for you....will be
interested in finding out what happens because you are so far south
and I don't think there's much information available about how
various hellebores do in the deep south - so be sure to post or email
me or something when you know.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Ann James <annfree@earthlink.net>
>
> Marge,
>
> The hellebores in the ex-fern bed were the little ones in three or
three and
> a half inch pots.  I ordered three of the gallon size Heritage ones
because
> they had such fulsome praise of them.  And then I got the small
ones of the
> orientalis and niger.  All but one seem to have survived despite
dog feet.
> These are Old English Sheepdogs, weighing 93 and 100 pounds each.
I've been
> stepped on myself enough to know the power of those paws.
>
> Oddly, the ones in back that were so small on arrival are nearly as
large as
> the gallon size ones.  So that's encouraging.  I started out small
with
> hellebores like I did with hostas because I hadn't a clue if they'd
do well
> here.  This winter will tell the story, I hope.
>
> Ann James
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