Helleborus 2014

[johnralphcarpenter]

Excellent! So, perfect drainage and plenty of sun? I'll have to risk one of my seedlings outside!

[Maggi Young]

Hellebore article in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2014/feb/25/green-hellebores

[johnralphcarpenter]

Thanks Maggi.

Has anybody managed to keep Helleborus x sternii 'Silver Dollar' alive? I have tried and failed three times.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Some nice unnamed semi-double Helleborus x hybridus from the Ashwood Garden Hybrids series today.

[johnralphcarpenter]

One more, and Helleborus torquatus.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Here's a selected form of Helleborus torquatus from Germany: Helleborus torquatus 'Grünfink JP'.

[Palustris]

Looking at the image of H. torquatus, am wondering if this has some genes from it.

[ian mcenery]

Helleborus purpurescens with snowdrop Natalie Garton

[PeterClegg]

My first post on the forum , a couple of species to start , first is Atrorubens , second is a torquatus from Will Mclewin seed which has surprised me and flowered after 3 years, WM21.12

[Maggi Young]

Welcome Peter!
I wonder if your McLewin torquatus seedling will be as vigorous as it is precocious? It'll be a winner if it is. 

[Steve Garvie]

Helleborus x hybridus

I've had this plant a long time but sadly have no record of its provenance.

[johnralphcarpenter]

My first post on the forum , a couple of species to start , first is Atrorubens , second is a torquatus from Will Mclewin seed which has surprised me and flowered after 3 years, WM21.12

Very nice Peter!

[Cyril L]

Helleborus x hybridus

I've had this plant a long time but sadly have no record of its provenance.

Impressive flower Steve, well photographed.

[johnralphcarpenter]

1. Helleborus lividus Hort., 2. Helleborus lividus 'Purple Ear'. Both these are mass produced and available in many garden centres; not of known wild provenance.

3. Another German cultivar, Helleborus torquatus 'Flamingo JP'

4. The diminutive Helleborus dumetorum TCM 09.304, a Tom Mitchell collection.

[David Nicholson]

The weather has given my Hellebores a real beating this season and some of them are a little past their best now. Since I wanted to picture them for my own records I've posted them here. Most are Harvington Hybrids with just a couple grown from my own collected seed.