Hellebores

Also known as the Winter Rose these easy to grow plants are coming into full bloom now. They can easily fill in shady corners and come in a range of colours from white to deepest maroon. I grow them on the back bank where you look up under the flowers to get quite a different view from when you view them on the flat.

I use a lot of mulch to keep weeds down and moisture in over the summer so I always have lots of seedlings if I don’t get round to cutting off the heads. I am tending to let plants mass group as I get older as it cuts down the work I have to do. Hellebores are ideal for this. They are not so happy to be replanted and may sulk for a while if dug off the edge of a larger plant. The leaves are sculptural and shiny green so well work the effort to grow