Helleborus

[aldo]

Lividus, hybrid, foetidus

[Jeffnz]

Does your lividus have the characteristic white weined leaves?

[Guff]

Thibetanus

[Jeffnz]

Has your thib population numbers increased?

[aldo]

Does your lividus have the characteristic white weined leaves?

Hi, this is the plant

[Jeffnz]

Has the expected leaf veining.
A nice plant.

[Mariette]

Guff, seeing Your pictures Iīm sorry I canīt grow Helleborus thibetanus!

Aldo, Your Helleborus foetidus have very finely cut leaves, making them attractive folige plants!

Last month in Belgium, I noticed a larger population of this species, the flowers virtually glowing in the woods.

[Leena]

I put together a 15 min video of my Helleborus flowering last spring, and it is now in youtube.
Youtube makes automatic translations to English from Finnish (you can turn it on from the settings), and sometimes it doesn't make any sense or words are translated wrong, but it is better than nothing.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

[Mariette]

Leena, on a dull and rainy day like this itīs such a delight to enjoy a walk through Your garden! Itīs not only the amazing range of hellebores You grow, but also the many colourful companions which provide such a cheerful atmosphere. Added by the lovely birdsong, which makes me feel that spring is on the way, despite the fact that itīs just Christmas. Thank You so much for sharing Your paradise with us!

[Leena]

Mariette, thank you!
I am looking forward to new spring in a few months.

[Herman Mylemans]

I put together a 15 min video of my Helleborus flowering last spring, and it is now in youtube.
Youtube makes automatic translations to English from Finnish (you can turn it on from the settings), and sometimes it doesn't make any sense or words are translated wrong, but it is better than nothing.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Leena, thank you for showing your Helleborus in flower in your beautiful garden.
Here is at the moment Helleborus abschasicus and Helleborus x hybridus ViV 'Victor' in flower.

[Jeffnz]

Are there still any collectors of wild hellebore seed?

[Leena]

Leena, thank you for showing your Helleborus in flower in your beautiful garden.
Here is at the moment Helleborus abschasicus and Helleborus x hybridus ViV 'Victor' in flower.

Thank you Herman.
Your H.abhasicus are nice. I have a plants grown from 'Early Purple' seeds, and I understand it is close to wild H.abhasicus.
It is always coming up early, this picture is from yesterday, and I will have to cover the buds with leaves and hope for a lot of snow before the cold comes.

[Leena]

Are there still any collectors of wild hellebore seed?

I haven't seen them at least for sale anywhere for several years now, but if there is, I would be interested to know also.

[Carolyn]

Have a look at phedar.com. The owner of this nursery does research into hellebore species. I have bought plants from him in the past - not much use for you, Jeff, in NZ or for Leena in Finland, but seeds are also available at the appropriate time of year and can be sent to certain countries apparently.