Hellebores

Hello Bill,
        Amazing what location can do for a garden. I can not grow H.
argutifoloius. I am on my third set of plants in the garden now. just as
they are really going good they get killed back by a hard freeze.
        H. foetidissima begins sending up the bloom stalk in mid to late December
here and buds begin to form during January. In the first to middle of
February they begin to bloom. By March they are really into high gear.
Blooms are not all that much, except that anything with a black olive-green
bottom and upper in lime green definitely stands out in the garden. I have
one stand with Arum italicum and another on its own in the garden.
        The H. X garden hybrids (orientalis) bloom for me beginning in February
and really pop in March and April. Some will have a few blooms remaining
the first of May.
        I have Hellebores all through the garden to make my winter walks
interesting. After they bloom the wonderful foliage makes them great
companions for almost any other plant wild or "perennial".
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Bill Shear <BILLS@HSC.EDU>

> Orientalis hybrids are blooming in my garden--earliest ever.  Looks like
> argutifolius and foetidissima will soon follow.
>
> Amazing how drought-resistant these things are.  We had no rain to speak
of
> from June to early December and I did not water them.  No problem! And
they
> are coming up all over the place from self-sown seed, especially
> foetidissima.  Got to cut off those old stalks earlier this year.
>
> Bill Shear
> Department of Biology
> Hampden-Sydney College
> Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
> (804)223-6172
> FAX (804)223-6374
> email<bills@hsc.edu>
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