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It must be spring

Lou12Lou12 Posts: 1,149
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It must be spring, the floriferous hellebores, there are 12 of them in all continue to flower, it must be over 6 months of continuous blooms and thank goodness the clematis montana broughton star that I was convinced was dead becasue I shoved it in in the middle of winter with very little ceremony is very much alive.

And also the dicentra spectabilis or whatever it's called now is popping up so all is well.

How is it going in your garden?

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Looking forward to the aquilegias as they are my favourite.

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  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150

    What a beautiful hellebore Lou, I'm more than a tiny bit jealous.image

    Glad your clematis is doing well, it's lovely when plants bounce back after you think they've had it.

    Things aren't so rosy in my garden, the anemone "de Caen" I planted last autumn had lots of leafy growth but all the flower heads have been chomped. image 

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  • Andy LeedsAndy Leeds Posts: 518
    My clematis Montana mayleen that I also thought had 'had it' is budding out - let's hope it looks OK when flowering after I dug it up, moved it and wrapped it around a beech tree image
  • darren636darren636 Posts: 666
    Time to spread our that clematis, it should triple in size this year.
  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511

    I agree about the montana, spread the stems out sideways.

    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • Lou12Lou12 Posts: 1,149

    Thanks Kitty, I am well impressed with the hellebores. My lovely hyacinths all got chomped too but funnily enough the anemones were fine out there in the flower beds - we must have different types of slugs!

    Should be ok Andy the clematis montana group seem to be bomb proof, that will look lovely around a tree.

    I'm going to spend out the clematis Darren and Redwing, my husband promised to put up some  tension wires for me but he didn't specify which year he was going to do this image

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