I grow this in zone 4 protected by a juniper tree. Does anyone know if i dare move it? Do any other gardeners in zone 4 have success with growing hellebore? I think I bought this from zone 5. PS: Yesterday, I was c leaning up the garden around this lovely plant and saw that that there were 2 or 3 little seedlings! So I will move them!
Species tulips self sow in my front boulevard garden.
These short “flags” Iris are fragrant. The deer will walk right by them. I also have blooming daffodils, periwinkle and some of the wooly veronica.
%5B3%5D.jpg "Cropped profile picture (2)")
You have to love Hellebores...they seem so reliable! Your tulips are beautiful. I'm impressed your 'flags' aren't interesting to the deer. Sounds like something I should add to our 'try it outside the deer fence' list!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful bursts of color!! Love the yellow, especially.
ReplyDeleteHi Clare- Yes, the flags are very fragrant. I'm not sure of their name. They are an short little iris with a rhizone. They are a pass-a-long plant. A bit of them came with the yard. They are quite fragrant. I have been transplanting them along the sidewalk. The deer seem to like walking on the sidewalks instead of the street. Isn' t that funny!
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanne - the species tulip is so short. They reproduce very easily. I am getting quite of few of them. Now the wooly veronicas are blooming around the yellow. I love yellow and blue together in ground covers.
ReplyDeleteOoh, hellebores, yummy! I've got 'Ivory Prince' in the backyard. It is alive, but not much better than that at the moment though the snow has been melted around it for a few days. No blooms yet. I had it for three years before it bloomed for me. I'm envious you have seedlings!
ReplyDeleteChristine in Alaska
Christine - good to hear that hellebores grow in Alaska! This one plant is my first experience. I've had it for a few years and never really paid attention to it. But, this spring I have been getting to clean up spots that I have neglected. That got me to my hands and knees around this beauty. I am excited to move the little seedlings to areas that are visible from my kitchen window
ReplyDeleteGloria, love your hellebore, and to have seedlings!!!
ReplyDeleteI do not know about the moving, I get the impression once they are established they do not like to move, but I could be wrong.
The iris are so pretty, I need to look for that type. I didn't know species tulips self seeded, another reason I need to plant some this fall.
ReplyDeleteDeborah, I do believe you are right. The hellebores have a taproot.
ReplyDeleteCatherine, the short iris with the very short tulips look pretty. The tulip really is self-seeding. I will have to get a full shot of them flowering. The flowers close up when it is cloudy and open in the sun. But even closed up that look like pretty little eggs on a short stem
ReplyDeleteI just love your hellebores and iris. How interesting that the tulips self seed. They are so pretty with their little yellow faces.
ReplyDeleteIris a-blooming. Lucky you, Gloria! They're one of my faves. :)
ReplyDeleteNoelle, the little species tulip are very short and they reseed. On bad "deer years" they get eaten or trampled down. But this year is good.
ReplyDeleteHi Kate - when you come by I will send some home with you. Do you know the name of this little rhizone iris. I need to see if it is a Dakota native. A start of this plant was in our yard when we moved in 18 years ago. I've since spread them around.
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog from MaryJanes Farm and I love it! I am a gardener as well!
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Linda
Hi Linda, it is always a joy to meet a fellow gardener! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI love the early blooming irises! Mine are all still just foliage. I'm a hellebore newbie - just planted my first five this month. Best of luck relocating if that's the decision.
ReplyDelete