Helleborus 2016

[Leena]

Hi Helleborus friends ,

I have offered before some day fresh seeds of Helleborus siculus but until now no interest 
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14347.0

It would be really a shame to give it in the dust bin 
and it makes no sense to wait for the seed Exchange in fall

Hans

I'm also interested, I saw your post about them but only couple of days later and I thought for sure the seeds were already gone by then so that's why I didn't write.

[Hans J]

Hello Jeff ,hello Leena

your package with the wished seeds are underway ...good luck with sowing

I still have 90 seeds 

Best wishes
Hans

[t00lie]

Warm enough this afternoon to spend a couple hours in the garden cutting back Helleborus foliage as a small number are in bloom.

One of the messy looking beds before hand .

Plants cut back and light mulch applied .

The bamboo stakes are an aid to identify where Trillium's are planted however I had an uneasy feeling I was stepping on a number of T. seedlings so in the spring once growth is away I'll need to look at the placement of a few stepping stones so I can weed the bed without disturbing plants...... 

Even though I try to ensure I cut all seedpods each season , I sometimes miss a few and so seedlings do appear .....

Cheers Dave.

[Jeffnz]

Just completed removal old leaves from garden plants, budding up now advanced and some are opening. Flowering season a bit late this year as is germination of 2015 seeds. Been  very warm for winter with day temps about 6+ above normal for this time of year. Not good for over wintering aphids etc.

[t00lie]

Just completed removal old leaves from garden plants, budding up now advanced and some are opening. Flowering season a bit late this year as is germination of 2015 seeds. Been  very warm for winter with day temps about 6+ above normal for this time of year. Not good for over wintering aphids etc.

Yes aphids on a number of plants here as well .I think there have only been 3 ground frosts that have reached our woodland setting .

Where are you situated Jeff --North or South Island ?.

[Jeffnz]

Wairarapa 

[Jeffnz]

From a cross or a single pale lightly spotted single with a double primrose (only had 2 rows of sepals), took 4 generations to arrive at these.

[Jeffnz]

Flowering season late this year along with germination of last years seed.
This is the double used for the previous cross, not that attractive shape  but does seem to be good for using to achieve primrose doubles..

[t00lie]

From a cross or a single pale lightly spotted single with a double primrose (only had 2 rows of sepals), took 4 generations to arrive at these.

Nice Jeff  ----4 generations , so that's 12 years plus ?........

[Jeffnz]

Yes as it took it took 3 generations to get the parental double.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Helleborus niger is starting.

[Leena]

I noticed that I hadn't posted pictures of my Hellebores last spring, so here are some of the ones I liked the most.
The first is H.niger, this one always flowers late in the spring opposed to some which show their flowers already in December (if there is no frost or snow).
All the other pictures are H.x hybridus. Pictures are from the beginning of May 2016.

[Leena]

Some more.

[Leena]

Two more, these flowered for the first time last spring.
I like the first one, and the second is the best of the doubles (or semidouble) which I have. The other ones have too drooping flowers for my taste. I think this one was nicer.

[Cfred72]

They are very pretty your hellébores, Leena. In my garden, they do not succeed too well. I do not know why.