Growing hellebores from seed, advice needed

[sweet-pea]

Hi all

Some Hellebore seeds somehow found their way into my pocket at Barnsdale on Saturday  ::) So I was wondering whether anyone could tell me when best to sow them, should I start them off indoors etc...

Many thanks

SP x

[sweet-pea]

[Palustris]

Sow now in ordinart seed compost, just covering the seeds. Leave exposed to the weather and they will either germinate straight away or do nothing until spring.

I did offer seeds to people on here, but apologies all round, there are very very few flowers which have developed seed this year for some reason.

[sweet-pea]

Thanks Palustris. Think the ones I have are just the bog standard orientalis.  Shall sow them this weekend snd leave them to be, fingers crossed some of them will eventually germinate  :)

SP x

[Robert_Brenchley]

These need planting while fresh. I had a very successful sowing last year, which all came up during the spring.

[Eristic]

Why bother sowing seed? Just dig up the seedlings from underneath the plant.

[raisedbedted]

Must take my trowel and a trug next time I go to Barnsdale  :D

[barkingdog]

Do you gather the seed while the pod is green or wait until it is black?

Sorry if this is a stupid question!  ::)

barkingdog

[Palustris]

Do not wait too long, the pod will split and the seeds spill. I tend to squeeze the pods as they begin to go brown and if the seeds are black then collect them and sow fresh.

[sunloving]

Hi
I got some hellebore seed in the T & M sale, the instructions say sow immediately, cover with compost, leave in a warm place for 1 month, if no germination place in the fridge for 1 month, and then repeat until germination!

good luck! so far no sign of mine after two weeks in warm.
Sunloving

[Robert_Brenchley]

The simpleast thing is to leave it outside over the winter.

[shirlton]

Mine just sow themselves under the plants as Eristic has said. You may get some mixed colours if you have more than one sort.