wendyswonderlandgarden

My passion in life is gardening and specifically growing flowers from seed

Category: hellebores

March 18, 2024

March 2024

Apologies once again for the silence.

I’ve actually been able to get into the garden and do things the last few days. It’s been so wet here and damp. The grass is more moss than grass and rather sponge like to walk on.

I sowed my sweetpea seeds a couple of weeks back in the greenhouse and a few have appeared.

I have done yet more tidying up, it never seems to end and some grass edge cutting and weeding.

We have a few things flowering at the moment. Hellebores, forsythia, daffodils and Camellias. I’ve included crocus too which are so pretty. Pictures below

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January 22, 2024

First Hellebore of 2024

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April 2, 2023

April 2023

I can’t believe it’s April already although I have to say I love the lighter evenings and driving home in the light even when I finish late and I love the sense of expectancy in the garden and seeing new things flowering every day. I have done a little weeding and some seed sowing but have lots more work to be done in the coming days. For now I leave you with pictures of what’s currently looking good in my garden

Magnolia
Tulip Pink Sound flowering earlier than most tulips
Muscari and hellebores
Chinodoxia
Camellia
Photinia Red Robin
Camellias and magnolia

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February 27, 2023

Winter/ Spring 2023

Sorry folks it’s longer since I last blogged than I thought. I haven’t really done much in the garden lately other than a little tidying. There’s always tidying to be done. However, I have been taking pictures when new bulbs/ flowers start appearing so I thought I’d share those with you

Hellebore
Snowdrops
Crocus
Another pretty hellebore
Pulmonaria
More crocus, we have a lot more yellow ones in our garden than any other colour
Tete e tete daffodils just appeared last week
Heather
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January 8, 2023

First hellebore of 2023

This my third attempt at posting this, maybe it’ll get through this time.

One of my hellebores has started to flower this weekend. It’s not looking very healthy though and I understand it’s not cureable. The plant should be dug up and disposed of as it can spread to other hellebores. It’s such a shame as it’s a pretty delicate flower that brings some much needed colour to the garden at this otherwise dead-ish season in the garden

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November 27, 2022

Late November 2022 in my garden

It’s late November, we’ve had thanksgiving and are heading towards Christmas quickly, how prepared are you. It seems a strange time in the garden, I still have summer flowering plants with flowers some for a second time – a Fuschia, hydrangea and Hesperantha (I think it’s changed name again but I can’t keep up).

Daucas (wild carrot), planted itself as I wouldn’t have put it at the front like that

We haven’t had any frost yet here so my dahlias are still in pots outside. This is the latest by far that they’ve been outside, usually mid October they go to their winter home – the greenhouse and I’m thinking I might put them in anyway. The fact it’s not been so cold is great for the rising heating bills as it means we haven’t really needed it much as yet but it worries me for the garden as we need the proper seasons in order for plants to grow properly. So while I have some summer plants still in flower I also have the hellebores showing their buds and they are about 2 or 3 months early!

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March 9, 2022

Wordless Wednesday- hellebore & crocus

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February 21, 2022

Storm Franklin

Hellebore flowering
The aftermath of the storm, a new pond. This often gets flooded and consequently I don’t know what to plant in this section
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January 30, 2022

Daphne and Hellebore flowering

Daphne flowering and apparently smelling lovely too!
First hellebore to flower this year
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