Topic: I love them, but why do they flop all over the 'lawn'??

[tim]

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[coznbob]

They are beautiful.

Found some at plot the other week and was chuffed!

[shirlton]

  I put wire netting around mine if they tend to flop. Its almost invisible when the leaves grow you can just about see the netting on the one pic but not on the other.

[Robert_Brenchley]

When things flop too much I put a few little sticks in for support and tie them round with green string. It doesn't show at all.

[saddad]

Same with double daffs.... too heavy for stems when wet... always end up picking them and bringing them in... any excuse!
 ;D

[potterfanpete]

Waw, I am so jealous of your hellebores! I've seen them in garden centres, but none of them have as many flowers or look as beautiful as that! Where did you get them from??? I've heard they can be grown from seed, but can be slow to germinate and establish

[saddad]

We picked up a six pack from Valley Nurseries last week for a fiver...
 ;D

[rosebud]

Tim ,they are the same as mine a very old variety we were given ours from an old manor house when i used to do charity work for them .the lady of the manor said she puts sticks in hers very early i never have and they flopped all over the place but i rather liked that.  Alas i have them no more :'( we moved house , i did some roots to take but left them behind :'( :'(. I am so sad because they were so beautifull, but Eric said i could very kindly have some seeds from his selection of hellebores. Yours look just as beautifull as my lovely green ones a joy to look at i am sure you will agree Tim.  Mary.

[ACE]

About the best thing a hanging basket can be used for. Pop it upside down  over your plants before they come up, it soon gets hidden by foliage.

[tim]

Yes - everyone else does it. I'll learn.

But props? - with the best will in the world, it's always too late??

We've tried Link Stakes - or whatever their name is - & they are far too bendy.

The shorter varieties are fine, see pics (Eric has better) but the Plain Jane ones are hell! The green ones are 2-3' tall.

[saddad]

A wire basket presumably Ace!!!
 ;D

[Mrs Ava]

Lovely lovely, and I am sooo happy as one of the new gardens I have taken on has a large selection, and there were seedlings everywhere which I was allowed to dig into! Several pots full of babies now.  :D

[Jill]

My 'corsicus' ones flopped over and have continued to grow horizontally since last year so I was extremely pleased to see lots of new shoots sprouting from where the originals surface a few weeks ago.  Could eventually have an interesting layered effect if, once grown long enough, all new shoots flop in the same direction. :D