Showing posts with label Hellebore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hellebore. Show all posts
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Big Doug's Hellebore

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Several years ago, I cleared out a space under Big Doug, intending to fill it with shade-tolerant species. To that end, I solicited root cut...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Hellebore

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Day 91: When a plant is advertised as having "black flowers," it's advisable to take that description with a healthy grain of ...
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Another Hellebore

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Day 147: Perhaps I should walk around my yard more often. It seems I was mistaken when I said my other Hellebore wasn't in bloom yet. It...
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Hellebore Season

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Day 145: It's Hellebore season, and mine are heavily packed with flowers. They emerge from the center of the plant, rising above last ye...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

The Weaving Weekend

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Day 128: The photo is entirely irrelevant to the subject matter of this post, but it is already late in the day and I am delightedly worn ou...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Hellebore In Black And White

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Day 109: When I mentioned that I wanted to add more hellebores to my yard, maybe even create a space especially for them, my botany partner ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Evidence Of Spring

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Day 174: Evidence of the changing season is beginning to show up in the garden, at least between snow showers. Only today, I discovered the ...
Saturday, March 5, 2022

Hellebore

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Day 143: Hellebore is one of the most rewarding perennials in my outdoor garden. Throughout the year, it's always doing something whethe...
Monday, March 22, 2021

Gardening V.s Horticulture

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Day 160: It might surprise you to learn that I have not always enjoyed gardening. Although I was driven each year by the human compulsion to...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Hellebore In The Rain

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Day 177: It's been several days since I took this photo through my living room window, really the best view of the Oriental Hellebore...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Spring Is Bustin' Out All Over

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Day 172: Spring is bustin' out all over! The daffodils were still only in bud during the morning two days ago, but by afternoon, they...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Itchin' To Be Diggin'

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Day 164: My patience with rain and cold is nearly exhausted. I'm itchin' to be diggin'! Or if not digging, at least pulling s...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Black Hellebore

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Day 116: Friends who have known me for any length of time know that I have a passion for "black" flowering plants, i.e., black ...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Easter Blooms

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Day 185: The colour in my garden is patchy, but there's no denying that Spring has arrived. My earliest memories of Easter involved s...
Friday, March 11, 2016

Hellebore

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Day 150: Hellebore really might be considered part of the "winter" garden since it begins to bloom around Christmastime, but it...