Despite their shy demeanor, Hellebores demand that you genuflect before them. Kneeling down – on a muddy path, in this instance – and peering into each drooping head is the only way to appreciate their beauty properly. This is one of the first of the Hellebores to have appeared at the Botanic Gardens, and from what I could see yesterday, there will soon be great drifts of them at the entrance.
Charlotte's Plot
I love them – but that is a beautiful example – lovely colour
Can anyone help me find a Hellobore called Penny’s Pink? Joncutlse@aol.com
Stunning! I await mine with impatience!
very beautiful flower!
Dear Charlotte, I do so love Hellebores…my absolute favourite early spring plants. You are so right, they do inspire one to behave reverentially before them and, I find, are positively addictive to the plant collector. The Hellebore you picture here is a wonderful papal purple, and I grow a near black variety that I cherish.
I am so pleased to have found you in the labyrinth which is Blotanical and shall return.
They are wonderful aren’t they. I don’t have any in my current garden, but they are on my ever increasing list. I know what you mean about Blotanical’s labyrinthine nature. I can’t really get my head around it!
I’ll have to remember to look out for the ones in my front garden when it’s light tomorrow morning – thanks for the reminder. They’re a bit submerged beneath other plants and, as they’re so reticent, they don’t make themselves known unless I’m chasing a stray crisp packet blown into the flower bed by the wind.
Just beautiful…wish we had something like that nearby in my urban jungle.
Hellebores (and Snowdrops) are just the best!
I keep meaning to go here to see both..
http://www.cotonmanor.co.uk/news_events.php
One day!
(ps – remember me from Peckham? Jude & Ivo & Sid’s Mum… stumbled upon your blog via yarnstorm… what a small world eh!?)
HI Annie – I certainly do remember you! How are you? Somewhere on here you’ll find some photos of Rachael and the girls along with stolen Mabel…
Thanks for the link!
looks loverly doesn’t it!
…and the small worldlyness continues… my SIL lives in the next street to you – infact her house probably faces your back garden… from what I can work out from Rachael
love your new arrival by the way… we’re hoping for one end of March (a pup not a baby BTW!) x
Oh, they are my favourite flower (I think I say that a lot). But their delicate, green striped beauty, and their shyness – oh, I do love hellebores. Sigh.
I know, each season something pops up and I decide that it’s my favourite, only to fall in love with something else a few weeks later.