Re: hellebores
- Subject: Re: [SG] hellebores
- From: N* S*
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:14:03 -0500
Hmmm. I didn't realize that H. foetidus is supposed to flop. Mine looked
pretty awful amidst a row of upright H. X hybridus. My cats, by the way,
are not huge but they are high jumpers who love to ambush each other and
are especially prone to swatting anything that sways. In the meantime, I'm
trying to work up the energy to clip boughs from Xmas trees left in the
street in an attempt to save the beginnings of several hybridus blooms...
Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)
At 11:04 PM 1/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 1/4/02 8:20:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>voltaire@ISLANDNET.COM writes:
>
><< Are you sure you have H. foetidus? Or maybe you keep cheetahs for
> pets? Foetidus makes a nice big plant, nothing that a cat could
> trample. >>
>
>Diane,
>
>I sure would like to see you HF. On the East Coast up here in New York HF is
>a medium sized plant that often does flop. About 20 inches more or less. I
>have a few of them and they bloomed in November and I suppose they are dead
>now. There is something about HF that needs to be explained. The method of
>increase is unlike the others. I cannot remember tonight but Marge will
>remember. I keep this info on the tag which is underground so I don't kill
>the plant cleaning up in the spring.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS z4
