Hmmm, wonder where I would get that here.

@susiesjoy I don't know about hybridus or orientalis,etc
What I DO know is that mine bloomed in October, is a sterile clone, about 8-10 inches tall and was purchased from http://www.plantdelights.com/

Here's this year's pic, in the database here (I hope I did this right)
Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger Gold Collection® Josef Lemper)

apparently not

Big Hellebores fan here. I have been collecting them for about five years now. Can't get enough of them.

Dan Hinkley is one of the great subject matter experts on hellebores. Julia, thanks for sharing his tip about the lime chips. Hadn't heard that one before. By the way, Burpee has been selling a lot of the Dan Hinkley hellebores, including Kingston Cardinal http://www.burpee.com/perennia...

Hellebores are a bit pricey as far as perennials go, but well worth the cost considering their longevity and how well they perform for shade gardeners I got my first hellebores at one of the annual Virginia area plant sales that features vendors from all over the Mid Atlantic region. It was my first exposure to hellebores and Judith Tyler from Pine Knot Farms. I saw Judith and her husband Dick at several more plant sales over the years and actually went to one of their winter hellebores festivals at the Farm in Clarksville, VA in 2013. This is my blog post with pictures from the trip http://garden.org/blogs/entry/...

Judith has also written one of the definitive books about Hellebores. Good source of information if you are interested in knowing all about this wonderful plant
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0881927651/

Here you go BetNC. I love the up facing bloom. Very nice.


Terri, I got my 'Kingston Cardinal' from Dan Hinkley back in the 90's during an open house. What a day that was. My very first hellebore experience.

Thank you for the links.

http://www.northwestgardennurs...
Anyone go to this? I would love to but just a bit too far. Someday.

Yes, I am going on Feb. 20th and I plan on being there when it opens at 10:00 a.m. The plants go quickly.
Would you like to come down the day before Julia and stay at my place?

I would love too but have an old sick dog this year. Maybe I could next year.

Lynn pictures please , I love the colors they have. I picked up Amber Gem last year and hoping it will flower this Spring.
Julia I really like your yellow one , mine have a lot of red blotches in them would like to have one closer to a pure yellow.

Here is another one given to me by a friend.
H. 'Peppermint Ice'


I looked at photos of 'Amber Gem', it is a beauty, and your photo made me want that one. Do you have any others Bob?
When do yours start blooming?

The oldest I have is Royal Heritage has to be well over 10 years now. All but Painted Doubles in the Double Winter Jewels collection - a couple each of Mellow Yellows - Lady and Gold series. I also have a few of the single Winter Jewel plants and of course I want more.
Usually they flower around mid March around here

Bob I would love to see more photos of yours. The ones I have now are all young plants.

I sure wouldn't mind adding these to my small collection:



And this one looks to be a bright true red. Just beautiful

mmmmm...one of my 1st years is a golden lotus: I hope it blooms this pretty when it starts blooming next winter!!



I did it!!!

I saw 'Golden Lotus' one year at the Philadelphia Flower Show. I thought it was one of the prettiest hellebores that I had ever seen and bought it from one of the vendors. I normally don't get yellow flowering plants for my garden, but there was something about this one. I brought it home and put it out in the staging area, but the weather was so cold for weeks that I didn't get it planted out in the garden. I could really kick myself because I kept putting it off and then didn't even get to it to water it and it died sitting neglected in its pot I hate when I do something like that. It really is a beautiful cultivar, you'll love it.

http://www.northwestgardennurs...
Remember these are seed strain and with in the name there are variations. Always good to buy the plant in bloom to make sure you like it.

Way to go BetNC, you did do it.

Terri I think many of us have done that at one time or another. It is always sad and disappointing. Our ground is fairly warm right now and a few things are coming out of dormancy, so I have been planting things that have been in large pots since last November. This will be the first time in years that I have been able to accomplish this task.
I agree, 'Golden Lotus' is beautiful.

That is true Julia, I found that out 2 years ago when I went to Northwest Garden in Eugene. I bought 'Black Diamond' in bloom. The other two were not yet in bloom. I sure hope my 'Golden Sunset' has color as nice as yours. It did have one older bloom and it had a red edge on each petal.

Lynn thanks for info regarding lime!! Now I'll pack in ever more hellebores along the retaining wall! I had no idea that they liked alkaline, I just wanted something there - the ones I have there are so much better than the ones in other parts of my yard - time to move some plants around!!! I love when random things end up being the right thing!
I had epimediums there and couldn't figure out why they were doing so poorly until reading that some like alkaline and some don't! So I had bare spots and filled with hellebore from Julia (thanks Springcolor!)

Yes, that was Julia's information. I have learned so interesting things about hellebore from this thread.

When you go to the sale at the Northwest Garden Nursery take some pictures before they get snapped up.

I will try to do that Julia. A friend is going with me. Maybe I can have her guard the ones I want while I take photos.