These are all new transplants with their very first flowers. I think I moved them from near their mother plants 2 years ago, or maybe just last year. The big surprise is that they have that inner ruffle, which I've never seen in my hellebores. I have a lot to learn about these random double blooms.
Last week I went to a plant sale at the American Horticulture Society in Alexandria, VA, and I met one of the authors of this book. So I had to buy it. Hellebores, also called Lenten roses, may be the perfect plant: they require virtually no care and very little sun, they survive very cold winters (the picture below shows my blooms under the last significant snow we had in late March), they produce many seedlings that can be easily moved, and (drumroll) deer won't eat them. Deer do, however, stomp on them so they still have to be protected a bit.
4 comments:
They are gorgeous! I love their two toned colors. I am turning into my husband, who had a huge love of flowers and plants. Of course, he was way better at growing them than I am!
ooohhh hard call....hellebores or dahlias...both so magnificent, loving your photos
I've never even heard of hellebores! They're very pretty and remind me a little of wild roses, but prettier. I wonder how they would do here.
Mine don't look anyway near as beautiful
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