Uff, the seedling of mine that you circled, Ashwood have a similar one called anemone flowered, but it's currently out of stock. I will try and save seed from it, but as the seedlings in my second post show, results can be variable, although I will try and self pollinate it and then bag it to keep bees out. It's certainly a rare flower formation for a hellebore, and I have nothing like it in my older parent plants.
I wish you the best of luck fidgetbones. I can't do much else with my garden now unless I dig up things and then plant new stuff which I'm ok about because it was created in a rush to give me something to do 7 years ago so for a new hobby I've come up with the idea of plant breeding. I know it can take years to come up with something worthwhile but I imagine it's quite interesting to get involved in.
I 'inherited' my hellebores, so no labels I am afraid. In the 7 years I have been here I have split them and spread them around and now have quite a good collection. One part of the garden is very soggy, very shady and not often used, but at this time of the year the hellebores make a nice cheery sight in all the other soggyness. It is a shame their little faces hang down so much though, tricky to photograph.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Hope it’s ok for me to add my hellebores! Got them for £5 each at my local florist last year. Pretty happy with how they’ve turned out! Some type of orientalis I think.
It’s great having a raised border as it means I get to see their pretty nodding heads.
I often see stinking hellebores (H. foetidus) in the garden centres at this time of year. One has seeded itself next to a lamppost on the motorway island, next to all the rubbish thrown out of cars.
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I can't do much else with my garden now unless I dig up things and then plant new stuff which I'm ok about because it was created in a rush to give me something to do 7 years ago so for a new hobby I've come up with the idea of plant breeding. I know it can take years to come up with something worthwhile but I imagine it's quite interesting to get involved in.
https://www.twelvenunns.co.uk/nursery/?s=Harvington+Double+Red&post_type=product
Ashwood has some lovely ones too fidgetbones, thank you for that
https://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/shop/helleborus-ashwoodgardenhybrids-anemone-bicolour.html
@fidgetbones another gorgeous seedling!