Comments on: Building the Perfect Hybrid Hellebore – Part 1

By: kerri

kerri — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:43:44 +0000

I envy you your hellebores, Nan. My one and only, planted last summer, appears to be dead. I just keep hoping to see some growth. I hate to give up :)
You have so many beauties there!

I hope your hellebore made it, Kerri, but if not, do try again. They’re worth it!
-Nan

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:51:38 +0000

I’m with you on the doubles. One thing that really irks me is when you take a perfectly beautiful flower and make it double… and it ends up looking like something else. For example, doesn’t your upturned double look like a double clematis?

I admit that I really like the light green colored flowers, though. Maybe I wouldn’t be as thrilled about them in the summer, but I really like them in the spring.

You’re absolutely right, Kim: It looks just like a clematis. And I must confess that I’ve weakened my stance on the green ones: They do have a fresh look that’s quite pretty when combined with some of the other colors.
-Nan

By: Yolanda Elizabet

Yolanda Elizabet — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:51:28 +0000

I give my vote to the nodding blooms too. I love to turn their smiling, sometimes freckled, faces upwards to see what surprise they hold in store for me. BTW I’m allergic to the word trendy!

Niger doesn’t grow for me either Nan. I’ve tried it a few times but it always flowers for one season and is gone, dead and buried, the next.

What prices do you have to pay for hellebores? Here they range from 3 to 15 euro, with 15 euro being the exception rather than the rule. Earlier this year I bought 5 hellebores for 3 euro/ 4.50 USD each.

It’s been a good while since I’ve bought any hybrid hellebore plants, but I think they might go for around that price in 4-inch-square pots. I had a weak moment today and bought one more H. niger to try (I had to, because it had a bit of variegation in the foliage): It was in a 6-inch-square pot and was $8.99 USD, plus tax. I know, it was probably a waste of money. I may as well have dug a hole and buried a $10 bill.
-Nan