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second round of blooms in summer

16 years ago

I'm in zone 4/5. My helleborus niger was in bloom when I took the mulch off in mid March. In the past week, a couple of the plants have new blossoms --- they are smaller than the original blossoms, which are still on the plant but fading. Is this typical, or a wonderful freak event?

Laura

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morz8 - Washington Coast
16 years ago
Laura, I don't know how often that happens with h. niger, but I have a few h. orientalis with new blooms this month and that's not completely unusual for me in this mild zone. Cool and damp as we can be, I'm not sure the plants can even distinguish between winter and summer except for reduced daylight hours :)
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