I always remove the old leaves about now, whether there are any new ones or not.
I would also check for aphids on your plants. Unusual, but this year is so mild that many of them have survived and started feeding early. They are the vectors for the Black Death.
I would not be in too big a hurry to destroy the plants, try giving them a good dose of fungicide first.
If it is the Black Death then the plants will die, eventually. But it is a fairly rare occurrence.
We have over 1,000 hellebore hybrids and not seen any signs of it in any of ours (Bows to Hubris).
i did remove all old leaves couple of weeks ago,was hoping they'd have spread more,and snowdrops, am i too impatient will i have to wait years for real multiplication? can't really afford to buy more as tiny budget for garden earmarked for other things
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No black but distorted.
I had some like that last year but most of those are OK this. It's my group of nearly black ones that are sick.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Verdun, I don't want to scrap them. They're probably in the poorest soil of any of my hellebores, so I'll give them a treat
Would it be worth cutting the whole plant(s) back now before the new leaves come?
In the sticks near Peterborough
I always remove the old leaves about now, whether there are any new ones or not.
I would also check for aphids on your plants. Unusual, but this year is so mild that many of them have survived and started feeding early. They are the vectors for the Black Death.
I would not be in too big a hurry to destroy the plants, try giving them a good dose of fungicide first.
If it is the Black Death then the plants will die, eventually. But it is a fairly rare occurrence.
We have over 1,000 hellebore hybrids and not seen any signs of it in any of ours (Bows to Hubris).
Old leaves still on because I haven't got round to removing them all Verdun
I'll get to it. I've done some of them.
Things have got a bit out of control here over the last couple of years. Big effort is being made now but a long way to go.
I'll give the hellebores priority. Thanks Verdun
In the sticks near Peterborough
i did remove all old leaves couple of weeks ago,was hoping they'd have spread more,and snowdrops, am i too impatient will i have to wait years for real multiplication? can't really afford to buy more as tiny budget for garden earmarked for other things