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| A good friend of mine has given me at least 30 seedling helebores that he grew from seed he got somewhere in Michigan - anyway the parents are supposed to be some of the newest fancy things going. Well, I have the babies lined out in great soil, where they will get a few hours of morning sun.
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I have tons of perennials, but these are my first helebores.... I know I could bother my friend with these questions - but he's off on a trip trying to find and photograph native American gingers for a book he's writing, and won't be back for quite a while. Thanks so much...
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| 1) A full grown hellebore (H.x hybridus) will take a three foot square. 2) In your zone it should take three years for H.x hybridus. 3) Helleborus x hybridus likes fertilizer, any kind, they are a very hungry plant. 4) More sun than you think they need. In good, deep, humus soil, with irrigation in dry spells, Helleborus x hybridus in your zone will thrive in full sun. Welcome to the hellebore forum, good luck with your seedlings. Are they Helleborus x hybridus? Always Gardening, |
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- Posted by daylilyfan 5/6_OH (My Page) on Mon, May 26, 03 at 22:43
| THANKS for the response. My friend gave me a call from the road, and I asked him about the hellebores... told him I posted to this forum..... and he got them from Washington, not Michigan, and he made the seeds from seedlings he selected out there. Boy was I way off on my info! I don't know what hybrids they are. But, when I visited my friend earlier this spring, he showed me the seedlings he selected and brought back. FABULOUS array of shapes and colors... one was a near white with pink picotee edge. I hope to get the images I took that day up on my web page, and when I do I'll post back to this forum. I am glad they can take sun - I don't have enough shade for 30 plants 3 feet across! The soil they are in has had composted manure, alfalfa pellets, and hardwood mulch tilled into the soil a year or so ago. The daylilies thrive there, so am hoping the hellebores will to. Jules |
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- Posted by shadygrove z7 VA (My Page) on Mon, Jun 2, 03 at 21:38
| Sounds like you have good taste in friends.... |
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