Helleborus x hybridus First hellebore to bloom this year–this one opened yesterday in the northern side garden.
Helleborus x hybridus First hellebore to bloom this year–this one opened yesterday in the northern side garden.
Helleborus x hybridus First hellebore to bloom this year–this one opened yesterday in the northern side garden.
Helleborus x hybridus opened today in southwest corner of the garden.
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Hellebores are so worth the anticipation every time!
They are wonderful. These seem a little late, but here they are at last.
I love your Hellebore collection. I have also been collecting them over the years and they bring such joy during the winter months.
Thank you Lee! I underappreciated them for years but now am trying to scatter them around the beds more.
Love your Wordless Wednesdays. I off to see if mine are blooming. I have a couple of daffodils just showing a little color. Thanks!
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Thank you Jane. Hope you found a few blooms yesterday and now snow this morning! The daffodils are tough though.
And the cycle repeats itself. Wonderful.
Thanks John. It feels important and hopeful to mark the cycle, doesn’t it.
I love hellebores too. These are lovely. I saw my first really good clump of 2021 this week, but it was too far away to get a picture.
Thank you. Hope you get another chance to be capture their loveliness soon.
They are so pretty. Hellebores don’t like our climate.
Thanks. Oh, too bad they don’t love your climate. I appreciate how long-lasting their bloom time is and now there are some gorgeous hybrids.
I kept one alive for years, but the poor thing only had a couple of leaves and every few years it made a flower.
I’m always excited to see the hellebores start to bloom, even if they’re not in my garden. No sign of buds here yet but that’s not unusual. Maybe the rain still in the offing will get things moving.
So glad you have promise of more rain Kris. We had a tiny sprinkle of snow overnight.
Beautiful x 4. 🙂 I just wish you didn’t have to almost lay down on the ground the grab a shot. 🙂
Ha! Ha! It’s so true one has to get down and underneath. These are very old ones, 20 years. Last year I invested in some of the new hybrids that face out instead of down, but only one or two survived my laissez style of gardening.
How lovely… your spring is just beginning!
Yes, spring is making plans but overnight we had our first snow. Just a very light dusting.
Oh nice! Thanks for the prequel. Mine won’t be blooming until March, but I love seeing the rollout of spring on garden blogs. Enjoy!
Thanks Beth. Yes, it is fun to see how spring unfolds in other places. I feel spoiled but grateful not to have to wait so long, but I know you make the most of your seasons.
Aah, lovely. Signs of spring returning. 😃
Thanks Cathy. It bring hope to see these first blooms.
Such blushing beauties!
They are surprisingly chipper after days of rain. The ground is so soggy this winter–I’ve never seen it so bad.
It must be wonderful to see the hellebore’s beautiful colours emerging after winter. 🙂
Joanne, yes it is a hopeful sign.
They‘re beautiful and so welcome after the winter. I‘m always amazed at how tough they are. Beauty and strength going hand in hand.