The leaf removal only applies to H, orientalis and its hybrids, you should only remove dead or dying leaves from the other types, especially H. niger and the evergreen ones.
I've just bought a niger (third try). Never had one live long enough to remove the leaves. Any idea where I might be going wrong there?
I have the native ones, they seed themselves about and the leaves look nasty after a while. I treat them as biennials, or perhaps the three year equivalent, then dump them and keep the younger ones. Otherwise I only have the orientalis hybrids and they do very well indeed.
H foetidus is the native one and I do the same. H. argutifolius is another one where I pull out the older plants after they have seeded around.
Cannot hwelp with niger, it refuses to grow for us too. I did get seed from one a few years back and grew dozens of babies. I tried them all over the garden, none survived.
I'd forgotten argutifolius. That would be splendid if it didn't flop everywhere. Foetidus flops about as well but not quite so much. I shall try and get some going amongst the trees round the meadow. It seems the right place for them.
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The leaf removal only applies to H, orientalis and its hybrids, you should only remove dead or dying leaves from the other types, especially H. niger and the evergreen ones.
I've just bought a niger (third try). Never had one live long enough to remove the leaves. Any idea where I might be going wrong there?
I have the native ones, they seed themselves about and the leaves look nasty after a while. I treat them as biennials, or perhaps the three year equivalent, then dump them and keep the younger ones. Otherwise I only have the orientalis hybrids and they do very well indeed.
In the sticks near Peterborough
H foetidus is the native one and I do the same. H. argutifolius is another one where I pull out the older plants after they have seeded around.
Cannot hwelp with niger, it refuses to grow for us too. I did get seed from one a few years back and grew dozens of babies. I tried them all over the garden, none survived.
I'd forgotten argutifolius. That would be splendid if it didn't flop everywhere. Foetidus flops about as well but not quite so much. I shall try and get some going amongst the trees round the meadow. It seems the right place for them.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I know we've got some Hellebore Fans on this Forum so I thought I'd make you aware of this http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/hellebore-heaven/occurrence/250192 - I know notice is a bit short, but if anyone's in the area .... I'm going to try to get along (Aged Ps permitting
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hellebore heaven. Sounds good Dove.
In the sticks near Peterborough