Thank you everyone for a helpful thread, I have learned a lot and will haveca go at dividing next year.
Verdun, I will let you know when Hellebore week is on in the Spring. May get down to Bosvigo, my daughter knows it well.
Berghill, did you put a link to your blog with your garden photo's a few months ago, I bookmarked it because it was so beautiful but when I tried to look now, its not registering?
Maybe it was someone else, I think the garden was South almost coast area. There was an aerial view as well.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Lyn, yes I did but the Moderators seem to have removed it as an unsanctioned external link. Mind my garden is in the very West Midlands and about as far from the sea as one can get.
Tootles, John Massey from Ashwoods recommends feeding Hellebores in September, just as the leaves begin to droop. They use Chicken pellets, I prefer Seaweed extraction.
I bought a lovely pure white one in flower from Homebase last week for just £5 to fill a gap near the path to the front door. Just dug a hole & dropped the lot in and will plant it properly in the Spring - cheaper than a bunch of flowers and will last (hopefully) a lot longer.
It looks beautiful on a grey, wet day here in Bath.
Thanks Berghill. I'll make a note of that. Thinking of getting myself a diary to remind myself what to do each month. Your advice will be my first entry!
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Thank you everyone for a helpful thread, I have learned a lot and will haveca go at dividing next year.
Verdun, I will let you know when Hellebore week is on in the Spring. May get down to Bosvigo, my daughter knows it well.
Berghill, did you put a link to your blog with your garden photo's a few months ago, I bookmarked it because it was so beautiful but when I tried to look now, its not registering?
Maybe it was someone else, I think the garden was South almost coast area. There was an aerial view as well.
Lyn, yes I did but the Moderators seem to have removed it as an unsanctioned external link. Mind my garden is in the very West Midlands and about as far from the sea as one can get.
Tootles, John Massey from Ashwoods recommends feeding Hellebores in September, just as the leaves begin to droop. They use Chicken pellets, I prefer Seaweed extraction.
I bought a lovely pure white one in flower from Homebase last week for just £5 to fill a gap near the path to the front door. Just dug a hole & dropped the lot in and will plant it properly in the Spring - cheaper than a bunch of flowers and will last (hopefully) a lot longer.
It looks beautiful on a grey, wet day here in Bath.
My small patch from last season
Lovely patch Mark, my favs in there too, the aquilegia, those and pansies I really love.
It will be even better this coming year.
A beautiful display Mark - I'm quite envious!
Are the little yellow flowers aconites?
Yes they are Aconites, not sure if they will reappear they can be difficult to establish.
Thanks Berghill. I'll make a note of that. Thinking of getting myself a diary to remind myself what to do each month. Your advice will be my first entry!
Are the yellow flowers not Eranthus?
Yes WW. Eranthus hyemalis, aka aconites.
not Aconitum species aka monkshood.
Nice pic. I'm ready for it all to start now,
In the sticks near Peterborough