One plant you can always count on to bloom in winter is the hellebore. While they are often called a Lenten rose, because they are usually blooming during Lent, they are not a rose. Hellebores are in the buttercup family, and they grow well in Greensboro; especially in well-drained soil, winter sun, and shade or semi-shade in the summer. In a bed under deciduous trees is perfect.
Two of the best sources for hellebores in Greensboro are from Janice Nicholson or from a friend who has them as they can be prolific to the point of being invasive. Janice has a hellebore nursery at her home, Gethsemane Gardens, selling to local nurseries and at the Greensboro Curb Market on Yanceyville.* In addition to being easy to grow, and blooming in the dark days of winter, deer do not like them! Imagine plants that do not attract the many deer of Guilford County.
Hopefully, you enjoyed yesterday's 70 degree temperature, blue skies, and warm sunshine as much as the above hellebore!
* reference and more in formation, here.
So nice to have that splash of colour in winter Janis 🏵️ We have been lucky so far in Perth, we have had several smaller fires but nothing on the scale of the fires in the east. Everything is tinder box dry though so it's a total fire ban here.
Posted by: Grace | Monday, January 13, 2020 at 09:21 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by: William Kendall | Monday, January 13, 2020 at 05:04 PM