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Hellebores

Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
in The potting shed



They're all looking a bit leggy and gangly... should I cut the whole lot down now (even though the leaves are still very green and lush)?
Lincolnshire
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I was wondering that too.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    I wouldn't touch them now.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I wouldn't. Try a can full of water first and see if that makes them more perky. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    Ok, will do, thanks. I have several of them under a large tree, and they are all just looking really messy atm!
    Lincolnshire
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have to say, I don't really get hellebores. They seem to be very odd creatures.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I would give them a good soak. Next month, you could pot up or move some of those seedlings you have around the base.
  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963

    @fidgetbones Hmmm... I usually just bin the seedlings...! 

    @Fire And yes, they can be odd, but they do their job at filling a difficult patch under a tree. May get some more geranium phaeum to add in this year, too, as they seemed to do well there last year...
    Lincolnshire
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    you need some Cyclamen hederifolium for right now


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I think maybe I just don't have the right kind of dappled shade for them. All mine are slug ridden or haggard or sun scorched or not flowering and the leaves look dreadful for most of the year because of any or all of these things.
  • Janie BJanie B Posts: 963
    @Fire Hmmm... I've had mine for years, and they are beautiful when in flower in the winter/spring, after their annual prune, but for the rest of the time they do look a bit bedraggled.

    @nutcutlet I'm gradually introducing other shade loving plants into that area to give a bit of interest, and have put a couple of cyclamen. I may add some more. 
    Lincolnshire
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