Hellebores 2008

[Maggi Young]

These are lovely, Gerhard... are the orientale of your own seed raising?  I love the rich reds and dark velvet colours. Hellebores are only getting into flower here this last week.... our season is not like yours!

[Lesley Cox]

Oh Ian!!! Was this seedling from the same batch of seed that you sent to me? Mine are doing really well, nice plants now and I expect first flowers this coming winter. Something really special to look forward to.

[ian mcenery]

Lesley you are right- hope they do well 

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here are some Helleborus species from my garden today :

H. atrorubens
H. viridis
H. croaticus
H. niger

[Gerdk]

Hi Hans,
perhaps your H. atrorubens is croaticus and vice versa 
Nice plants altogether!
Gerd

[Hans J]

Gerd ,

the plants and the pics are correct named !

this is a serious forum

[Gerdk]

Gerd ,
the plants and the pics are correct named !
this is a serious forum

Yes it is - of course  . But please tell me how do you call my hellebores?  - see flowers and foliage now - January 21th - I never tried to verify the name.
By the way: do you know what a 'helleborosus' is? I assert that I do not point at you 

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

Gerd, do you mean this page from January 21st : http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1120.75
I do not see a post from you, only Tim Murphy ?

[Gerdk]

Gerd, do you mean this page from January 21st : http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1120.75
I do not see a post from you, only Tim Murphy ?

 :-[Sorry, I meant January 25 th!  http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1120.120

Gerd

[Tim Murphy]

Helleborus atrorubens and Helleborus croaticus are distinct species; atrorubens almost always has large bracts (croaticus doesn't), and the emerging foliage of croaticus is pubescent, wherwas the emerging foliage of atrorubens is glabrous.

I'll be seeing Helleborus croaticus (amongst other species) in the wild in a few weeks 

[ian mcenery]

A couple in the garden at present.

[Paul T]

Ian,

Love that neon one, and the double black is to die for!!! 

Hans,

Great to see the pics.

Thanks everyone. 

[Tim Murphy]

Helleborus torquatus is flowering a little earlier than usual here.

1. H. torquatus TM03014, south of Bosanski Petrovac, Bosnia.
2. H. torquatus TM03014, south of Bosanski Petrovac, Bosnia.
3. H. torquatus TM03030, south of Bihac, Bosnia.

[Kenneth K]

Two unnamed double Helleborus x hybridus, one white and one green.

[Tim Murphy]

Some more species hellebores flowering at the moment.

1. Helleborus croaticus from a site in Slavonia (northeast Croatia).
2 & 3. Helleborus hercegovinus.
4. A species which does not yet have a name. The plant (grown from wild collected seed) is from a site in Croatia close to a town called Perusic. The plants is this area do not fit into any currently known species and are extremely variable.

I am flying out to Zagreb on Easter Sunday and returning on Thursday via Dubrovnik to see the hellebores flowering in the wild. I will post photos when I return.