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Horrible Helibore

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It is indeed a wonderful moment in the gardening year.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    True
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630

    B3 said:
    I have a massive helibore which was covered in double+ blooms and still has a lot. Unfortunately, they are a horrible muddy colour. If i were to name it , i would call it Miss Havisham.
    I'm assuming that the colour is what it is and theres nothing i can do about it.
    But i thought that I'd check before i put her out of my misery.
    I think all the doubles look like her :D
    That one you are holding looks like an old flower?
    If they are really all that colour I can see why you think yuck.
    They are not old flowers and you missed the initial opening?

    Then she needs burning like her namesake... :D:blush:
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Actually I quite like the flowers on that hellebore, but not on such a big plant.
    Forget-me-nots are in full flow here - I reckon another couple of weeks until pulling-out time starts.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    edited May 2019
    Same here with Forget-me-nots. If you do, they remind you tenfold next year.

    I like the green flowers on the "Stinking" Hellebore and similar others, so know what you mean Jennyj.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    No they came out brown and sludgy with a hint of lilac. The camera has been VERY kind!
    I like green flowers too even helibores with green flowers!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    :D Eww ....Definitely a burning then.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's on the compost heap  now. Root ball got stuck to the fork and i couldn't get it off. Tried sawing between the tines. Eventually OH got it off using brute force and ignorance.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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