Helleborus 2015

[PeterClegg]

Thanks David , first and last are from my own seed , middle is from Mike Byford seed , does anyone have pictures of helleborus belcheri Pink ice ?? I have only ever seen the blooms but never foliage and need a comparison for my own possible Niger thibetanus cross , I hope someone can help , thanks in advance.

[Maggi Young]

Pic of foliage of H.  x ballardii 'Pink IceFrost ' in this post : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12891.msg329627#msg329627

Confusing if there are 'Pink Ice' plants from two hellebore hybrids?   

The x belcheri 'Pink Ice' looks to favour the thibetanus foliage
 

 

[johnw]

Maggi -  The xballardiae is Frost and the xbelcheri is Ice.  There's no mistakening the two in these parts this year.

john

[Maggi Young]

Maggi -  The xballardiae is Frost and the xbelcheri is Ice.  There's no mistakening the two in these parts this year.

john

  Thanks John, my mistake. It's perishing here - snowing right now......

[PeterClegg]

Thanks maggi , really appreciated.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Hellebores are looking splendid at present. I have a backlog of photos after two months without a computer, so here goes...

Some self-sown Helleborus argutifolius which seem happy where that are at the roadside, and Helleborus x sternii 'Ashwood Strain', both photographed on 10th February.

[johnralphcarpenter]

From 27th February, Helleborus x lemmoniae 'Madame Lemmonier' with huge flowers.

[johnralphcarpenter]

On to late March, Helleborus 'Sensas' (thanks Yann!), Helleborus x hybridus Wilgenbroek Red Type, Helleborus x ericsmithii, a large plant which has been in situ for some years and appears to be happy.

[johnralphcarpenter]

April, Helleborus argutifolius, and a very dark form of Helleborus x hybridus.

Hope to take some more photographs soon as most of the species hellebores are performing now, but no time at present as we are off to Scotland tomorrow for a week in Argyll. Hope the Rhodos are out.

[Leena]

My seed grown (possibly) Helleborus multifidus last week, I really like it's green flowers.

[Leena]

T have now three yellow hellebores starting to flower, all are grown from Ashwood seeds. It is interesting how the leaves around the bud are different colors in each one

[Leena]

This one is becoming my favourite this year (so far).

[Leena]

This Ashwood picotee is also very nice, I think

[Hoy]

You have some exciting ones, Leena

Most of my plants are past their best but some are still good. They are all from seed.
One white hybrid, H. argutifolius and H. foetidus. All have lasted for weeks.

[Leena]

Very nice H.argutifolius and H.foetidus. I have tried both couple of times but they don't do well in my garden, so I grow now more hybrids and species which don't need their stems to survive the winter. I have friends in more snowy part of Finland and they can grow H.foetidus well, but in the south western corner here there are many times part of the winter only a little snow and yet very cold (-25C or more) so the stems of those hellebores don't survive it.