Re: Helleborus thibetanus
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Helleborus thibetanus
- From: B* S*
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:12:38 -0400
>Hi Bill,
>
>Just for your info--we have thibetanus in containers and in the ground--a
>few maintained foliage through the fall but most lost it. The buds are
>starting to swell at this time--the plants in containers are more advanced
>even though they are in the same location. What information we've been able
>to find and from our experience last season they could bloom as early as
>late December but most likely in January. Would like to compare notes later
>as your climate reaches broader extremes than ours.
Thanks, Gary and Jack. When you say the buds are starting to swell, do you
mean the buds at the base of the plant that will produce new shoots? Right
now I have nothing showing above ground.
The 'Paul's Glory' hosta I bought from you guys, which was the biggest
hosta plant I have ever received in the mail, made a nice clump--then
suddenly wilted this summer. Vole attack from below! I dug it up and
potted it in a container and behold, it came back. I've now replanted it
in a safer place.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
