Helebores

I absolutely love helebores. They are one of the first spring flowers, and their colours are so subtle and fit together so naturally. The flowers are exquisite, but they face downwards so you really need some great photos to really appreciate their beauty.

We have been the most successful with white ones, they freely propogate, and we always have seedlings coming up, great for gifts for gardening friends. The colours of the pink and dark rose are spectaculor, but seem to be more tempermental to grow. Martha Stewart had a wonderful segment on helebores from a US garden guru, they were exquisite, I will try to post a link for this place. Greg keeps trying to add to the collection.