Re: hellebores

Cindy: I got H. odorus from Seneca Hill Perennials  (www.senecahill.com) .
I have it in really root-infested dry shade and it reliably produces
charming green flowers each year. Never noticed a smell, though.
I don't like H. foetidus because not only did it collapse (I had to prop it
up with a stake) but it also stopped producing flowers, presumably because
it was in too much shade. I moved it this fall but my cats may have
trampled it in its new, more exposed location.
Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)

At 11:26 AM 1/4/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Gene wrote:
>There is still a long list of easily grown hellebores to collect out
>there after H.x hybridus. I have had H. purpuraascens in my garden for some
>years now. One of my "wild" favorites. Some others that you may want to look
>into (and have performed well for several years for me) are H. atrorubens,
>and H. torquatus. H. odorus is a favorite of mine, and H. multifidius is
>another "greenie" with its pride being the foliage.
>     I am on my 3rd try with H. argutifolius and still not much success..
>foliage keep getting killed to the ground or beat up so bad it is the same
>as dead.
>     Gene E. Bush
>Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>Where does one find H. odorus?  Gene, I notice you don't have it in your
>online catalog.
>
>Thanks,
>Cindy Johnson
>White Bear Lake, MN
>zone 4a
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