Verdun said leave niger and I think he said ericsmithii as well. Winter Moonbeam is a cultivar of eric. What an ugly name for a lovely plant, ericsmithii
Thats a beautiful plant, Lyn. I have a dusky pink single and whites, that have gently spread under the original shrub border. I moved a seedling (white) last year to the new bed under the oak. This is raised from the lawn level, so I hope to see them better. I bought two new ones from Ashwood, a double yellow and a double red for the under oak bed. The original shrub border separates my garden from the derelict orchard and wood next door. There is no actual fence(just boundary markers at intervals) and the wildlife comes through under the shrubs. I find if I leave the leaves on until the hellebores have already put up the flowers then they don't get trampled by cats/foxes/hedgehogs/squirrels. I don't seem to suffer from the blackspot problems.
Fine, will feed and mulch all the same. It's knowing what to do and which not to!
i want more. I really do. I'm not good on evergreen shrubs with flowers so my garden in winter looks desolate. I have fading perennials. Some gazannia that doesn't appear to be fading and 2 hellebores. I planted 320 odd winter pansies and have those to plant out but they seem to come into their own just wgeb I want to throw them and plant dahlias!!!
so winter I need to work on. and hellebores seem to make pretty structure and leaf interest in sprig/summer too.
My my farther has one with almost cactus shape leaves and green flowers, it seems to get leggy so not sure if I should 'half inch' one!
Ashwood nurseries website has some spotted doubles and some picotee ones I want. This could get expensive. I did find that seeds off mine germinated readily, so I hope the ultra pretty ones seed as well.
He keeps trying to give me them as they pop up all over and he wants some room but they look a tad messy. I will have to google them, maybe it's the sort that should be cut down and he hasn't!!!
he gave me another plant this year and I don't have a clue what it is. It hasn't flowered it's like a strap leafed grass and seems to form clusters at the base. It's pretty and adds shape but I'm disappointed if no flowers!!!
will goggle the winter suggestion. Thanks
Cyclamen seem to dislike my soil, I had to lift them last year to go through the summer!
Cyclamen always die back in the summer. Some flower in the autumn without leaves, then the leaves come and die back in spring. C, coum has leaves now, will flower in a couple of months, then the leaves will die back.
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Verdun said leave niger and I think he said ericsmithii as well. Winter Moonbeam is a cultivar of eric. What an ugly name for a lovely plant, ericsmithii
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thats a beautiful plant, Lyn. I have a dusky pink single and whites, that have gently spread under the original shrub border. I moved a seedling (white) last year to the new bed under the oak. This is raised from the lawn level, so I hope to see them better. I bought two new ones from Ashwood, a double yellow and a double red for the under oak bed. The original shrub border separates my garden from the derelict orchard and wood next door. There is no actual fence(just boundary markers at intervals) and the wildlife comes through under the shrubs. I find if I leave the leaves on until the hellebores have already put up the flowers then they don't get trampled by cats/foxes/hedgehogs/squirrels. I don't seem to suffer from the blackspot problems.
Fine, will feed and mulch all the same. It's knowing what to do and which not to!
i want more. I really do. I'm not good on evergreen shrubs with flowers so my garden in winter looks desolate. I have fading perennials. Some gazannia that doesn't appear to be fading and 2 hellebores. I planted 320 odd winter pansies and have those to plant out but they seem to come into their own just wgeb I want to throw them and plant dahlias!!!
so winter I need to work on. and hellebores seem to make pretty structure and leaf interest in sprig/summer too.
My my farther has one with almost cactus shape leaves and green flowers, it seems to get leggy so not sure if I should 'half inch' one!
Ashwood nurseries website has some spotted doubles and some picotee ones I want. This could get expensive. I did find that seeds off mine germinated readily, so I hope the ultra pretty ones seed as well.
Sarcococcas are lovely little winter flowering shrubs, good scent too.
I'd 'acquire' some seedlings of the hellebore in your father's garden, (corsicus?) They're different and it all adds to a lively winter garden.
There's a little cyclamen too, C. coum, flowers right in the middle of winter with the snowdrops.
In the sticks near Peterborough
He keeps trying to give me them as they pop up all over and he wants some room but they look a tad messy. I will have to google them, maybe it's the sort that should be cut down and he hasn't!!!
he gave me another plant this year and I don't have a clue what it is. It hasn't flowered it's like a strap leafed grass and seems to form clusters at the base. It's pretty and adds shape but I'm disappointed if no flowers!!!
will goggle the winter suggestion. Thanks
Cyclamen seem to dislike my soil, I had to lift them last year to go through the summer!
Cyclamen always die back in the summer. Some flower in the autumn without leaves, then the leaves come and die back in spring. C, coum has leaves now, will flower in a couple of months, then the leaves will die back.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Sarcococcas looks like a hefty shrub. Are there any neat small ones that don't run away or get woody?
I've only seen small neat ones. Nothing approaching a metre in any direction
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