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Garden Diary – Planning, Weather & Christmas Choirs
It’s a time for looking back at photos of how the garden looked this year, and deciding what worked well and what needs improvement. The photographs are an invaluable tool to remind you of how things looked. I was particularly pleased with the dwarf tulips I grew for the first time. And as I grew them in pots I’m quite hopeful that they’ll come again. There were many pictures of my purple rhododendron which is already covered in buds. And lots of the Pink ranunculus which have shot up lots of foliage, I have no idea whether they are supposed to have done that at this time of year. I…
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Discovering the Beauty of Hellebores
Hellebores are commonly known as Lenten Rose or Christmas Rose, despite being no relation to the rose family. They are from the Ranunculaceae family, and are mainly native to the Balkans, with a few from Asia. My first Hellebores The first hellebores I ever grew, were at our old garden. Helleborus ‘argutifolius’, these originate from Corsica and Sardinia. They are commonly known as holly-leaved hellebore, because of their prickly leaves. Each leaf has three spiny-toothed leaflets, and take it from me they do scratch! The flowers are green, and shall we say, they’re not exactly a show stopper. It’s obvious that I wasn’t impressed with them, as this is the…
