Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Winter Gardening
As the garden enters the no man's land of winter, I come to appreciate again the hellebores, which still look good in spite of some single digit nights, and rock-hard frozen ground. It's not quite like cruising the pathways looking at banks of roses, but any spot of green is a welcome sight here in December, and it gives promise of what the garden will look like in April... 
// posted by IBOY @ 7:26 AM 
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Sissy... they like shade in the summer and sun in the other seasons; i.e., planted under a deciduous tree.
Don
Don
What's your secret to get them to bloom? I've had hellebores growing in a nice shady spot for three years. The plants are gorgeous, but no flowers!
O.R., I think the main thing is time; they take a while to really take off and start blooming. It does seem sometimes like they just sit there for a few years, then start growing and blooming.
Don
Don
Beautiful hellebores. I hardly see any buds on our plants. I, like oldroses,unfortunately, have not had much luck with it blooming.
Ki... be patient. I would say that I think, like anything, there is such a thing as TOO much shade, but hellebores are very slow growing when little, so if it was a small plant that you bought, it can take quite a while to start blooming.
Don
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