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Title: In flower today
Post by: Palustris on January 15, 2005, 19:06:27: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/January05/January0205041a.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/January05/January0205039a.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/January05/January0205047a.jpg)
Lawn weeds
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/January05/January0205043a.jpg)
Snowdrops this year seem to be opening in sequence rather than in one huge mass.
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: sandersj89 on January 15, 2005, 22:34:24: Is that Hellebore Niger at the top Eric?

Mine are out but not as perfect as that one.

Jerry
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: Palustris on January 16, 2005, 09:21:56: Sorry should have labelled them.The first is H. Ballardii seedling and the other is H. x orientalis form.
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: sandersj89 on January 16, 2005, 13:30:48: Quote from: Palustris on January 16, 2005, 09:21:56
Sorry should have labelled them.The first is H. Ballardii seedling and the other is H. x orientalis form.

Thanks Eric

I do like H Ballardii, very nice indeed, how big does it get?

Jerry
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: Palustris on January 16, 2005, 16:33:12: About the same size as H. x orientalis, say 2 foot and the flowers about 2 inches across. Lots of different colours.You were not that far out though, the original cross was between H. lividus and H. niger., done by Helen Ballard, hence the name.
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: Wicker on January 17, 2005, 00:02:51: I love hellebores but (as usual) restricted space means I only have a couple. Last autumn I moved them and they don't seem too happy - not much in the way of new growth and no flowers yet, so I'll just sigh over your pics Eric....
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: tim on January 23, 2005, 11:04:26: Can't compete with Eric, in flowers or focus!

But maybe these could go into his arrangement?= Tim
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: ajb on January 24, 2005, 23:47:10: More happy hellibores. How kind they are to bloom in the depths of winter!

(http://n.1asphost.com/readytogrow/hellibore.jpg)
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: aquilegia on January 25, 2005, 10:32:20: gorgeous.

I love hellebores. I must get one. But they are always so expensive in the garden centres.
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: ajb on January 25, 2005, 18:24:46: Hi aquilegia, You could try somewhere like http://www.jparkers.co.uk/ You can get 15 bare rooted christmas roses for £11.90. The orientalis ones are more expensive.
a.
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: Palustris on January 25, 2005, 19:36:22: Or you could wait a few months till the seeds are ripe and ask me for some!
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: MrsFrog on January 25, 2005, 20:39:23: I have a dark, dreary corner of the garden thats boggy and uncultivated. I sunk a hellebore pot in there last year, thinking that I'd move it to a proper home later, forgot all about and hey!! I shot outside outside this morning, late as usual, and stopped in my tracks cos two beautiful creamy flowers are in bud, it sounds daft but they positively glow in that icky old corner! I'm doing a pc for techno-scaredy cats course at the mo at my local college, hopefully tomorrow I'll finally (having been doing it for longer than I care to say ;D) learn how to post pics on here, so if I do, that hellebore will be my first pic!

Lisa
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: loz on February 04, 2005, 23:31:30: Don't ya just love hellebores!

Eric, I agree-
my snowdrops seem to be in sequence, doubles first, then the singles, with the smaller species only now showing

Loz
Title: Re: In flower today
Post by: Plocket on February 09, 2005, 13:08:06: What beautiful photos! My hellebores are only just starting to flower - the two that have buds are really dark. Can't wait to see the Corsican when it finally get's it's act together!