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Whats wrong with my hellebores?

Mave EdwardsMave Edwards Posts: 10
in Problem solving
I noticed in December my 2 recent hellebore's (this is their 2nd year) were only an inch or two high with a twisted flower on.  Now, after a very cold spell here in North Norfolk, all  (about 6 big plants) my hellebore's look dead! black crispy leaves and limp stems with flowers lying on the ground!
Is it the weather - or do they have something horrible?   They are about 4/5 years old.
and until now have always looked healthy.
anyone got any ideas please?
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s the weather mine are real mess,  black and hanging,  I am sure  they’ll get better, it’s just the cold, that’s what I’m hoping anyway. 🙂
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Mave EdwardsMave Edwards Posts: 10
    that's encouraging - I thought it might be 'hellebore black death'!  I'm inclined to cut them down and give them a good mulch of leaf mould.  What do you think?
    Thanks.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    May as well, I don’t think these black mushy stems are going to recover now. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Hellebores collapse in the frost but they don't go black and they stand up again. Can we see some photos



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Mave EdwardsMave Edwards Posts: 10
    Oh!!!!! yes, take some in the morning!
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
     :) 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ll take some of mine as well, they’ve gone completely to mush, not all of them just the ones that caught the worst of the ice. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • KaymayKaymay Posts: 79
    Mine did look all done for a few days and I was quite sad,  for but somehow yesterday they all miraculously looked wonderful
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Are hellebores not hardy then? I thought they were rock hard winter flowers. Hmmm
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I'm in Norfolk and my hellebores were buried under the snow but they're looking fine now. I'll take some photos 
    later ...

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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