Re: hellebores

Gene: Is H. argutifolius the Corsican one? I saw it growing wild by the
roadsides in Corsica, at the edge of the maquis, in strong sun, and figured
it would never survive for me. Lovely plant.
Has anyone ever seen a H. thibetanus? From photos it seems like it would be
the most fair of them all.
Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)

At 06:28 AM 1/4/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello Nancy,
>     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
>genebush@munchkinnursery.com
>Southern Indiana     Zone 6
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nancy Stedman" <stedman@RCN.COM>
>
>Subject: Re: [SG] a test/hellebores
>
>
> > Yes, I thought I had somehow filtered out the messages.
> > In another vein: Does anyone have any favorite obscure hellebores? I
> > already have a bunch of X hybridus and one foetidus (which I don't like)
> > and one odorus (which I adore). I'm wondering about the purpurascens and
> > anything else.
> > Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)
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