Helleborus Party Dress Picotee
Over the many years in which we have been gardening we often had Hellebores. In more recent years they were largely replaced with Summer flowering annuals. I think we were becoming too concerned with this blast of colour achieved in Summer.
It now seems that our love affair with the annual is over. Don’t get me wrong, you will still see signs of them in our garden, especially the front, although more permanency has found its way there also.
Well today its all about Hellebores and how a few of them are bringing delight and interest to the back garden.
Party Dress Picotee started to flower on the third week of February.
The Helleborus x Hybridus Party Dress Picotee is looking good in its first year. It hasn’t bulked up as yet although it has several healthy looking blooms. The white double flowers have just a hint of pink. I am very pleased with this plant and have to confess, perennials are much more exciting and satisfying than the annuals.
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Hardiness – Fully hardy and clump forming
Height – 45cm/18″
Position – Sun/part shade
Soil – Any reasonably fertile soil with good drainage, don’t allow to dry out.
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The second Hellebore Yellow Lady is another which we planted in late Autumn of last year.
Helleborus Orientalis Yellow Lady (Lenten Rose) looking pretty good. I posted a picture of this one a few weeks ago, the first bloom opened and it was malformed, I was not very complimentary regarding it. A couple of folks tried to tell me it looked very pretty, a bit of kidoligy going on there then. Well anyway here it is now looking as it should.
The pale yellow flowers blooming in late Winter early Spring are spotted a
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