Got some info back from the nursery- they say they think it is the correct plant, there was quite a bit of variation in the stock and it may need another season to colour up...
I don't know what they mean by variation in the stock but I guess I'll just ignore it for another year
The nursery isn't a specialist hellebore nursery - they are well known for another perennial - I was shopping for something else at the time.
I didn't ask if it was raised from seed. How would a hellebore be propagated to ensure it was true? Sorry if that seems like a dumb question - I assume cuttings or splittings...
Yes, cuttings and division keep a named hybrid/cultivar true. The genes for whatever they were bred from are all in there and any could show themselves in the seedlings.
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Got some info back from the nursery- they say they think it is the correct plant, there was quite a bit of variation in the stock and it may need another season to colour up...
I don't know what they mean by variation in the stock but I guess I'll just ignore it for another year
Was it a reliable hellebore nursery or might it have been seed raised from Washfield Queen and could have crossed with anything?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Nut,
The nursery isn't a specialist hellebore nursery - they are well known for another perennial - I was shopping for something else at the time.
I didn't ask if it was raised from seed. How would a hellebore be propagated to ensure it was true? Sorry if that seems like a dumb question - I assume cuttings or splittings...
Yes, cuttings and division keep a named hybrid/cultivar true. The genes for whatever they were bred from are all in there and any could show themselves in the seedlings.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Verdun , you really are a master at getting results!
I followed your (and others) advice about my coal and it worked so I think you should start a thread about Rights and Returns!
A A Milne
mention the following
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/54
and
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/29