It is near the end of April and the Hellebores are in full stride.
About 15 years ago I planted 3 or 4 teeny, tiny, baby hellebores in a woodland garden.
I now have a woodland garden full of hellebores! These easy to grow beauties will happily reseed were ever you let them. My hellebores are the Royal Heritage Strain. They are a great perennial for dry shade.
I love the freckled ones.
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| Though this double is a winsome beauty. |
The combinations are so varied and each one has a charm of it's own.
Hellebores make nice cut flowers. They do however, have a propensity to grow with their faces down.
This kind of vase makes for an enchanting hellebore arrangement.
Cut a handful of flowers.
Stick them in the vase.
Enjoy!
South winds jostle them,
Bumblebees come,
Hover, hesitate,
Drink, and are gone.
Butterflies pause
On their passage Cashmere:
I softly plucking,
Present them here!
Emily Dickinson