Brussels Sprout: Hestia Hybrid

Started some Hestia Hybrid Brussels sprouts today in my Jiffy setup. Not sure if it too late, but with our current state of global warming, there may still be time to grow them.

Some facts about this brussels sprouts:

• Germination in 8-10 days
• 3-4 weeks before planting outdoors
• 100 days from setting out transplants until harvest 
• up to 3 feet high and 2 feet wide
• can take some frost (which should sweeten flavor)

I've usually not had much success with the Jiffy peat pellet system, but since it is convenient, I'm giving it another try and will just take care to watch for new signs of growth before removing the cover to let the seedlings air out.

Hellebore Pink Frost - Part 2

I finally got around to taking the picture of the two new Pink Frost hellebores...

I circled the three so that they are easy to see. They are surrounded by a badly eaten hosta, some Polemonium reptans (Jacob's ladder) and new pachysandra terminalis that was planted about two months ago this year. The Polemoniums (Polemonii?) seems to do well for me and seems to spring up in different places. 

Hellebore Pink Frost - Part 1

Received my shipment of 2 Pink Frost hellebores from White Flower Farms today. Not wanting to keep them around hanging around too long, I decided to plant them right away since I have more plants coming my way. The larger of the two seemed to be a bit root bound. It was a bit difficult to get out of the container and I had to pry some of the roots away from the center of the root ball in an attempt to have the plant extend its roots outwards once in the soil. The smaller one was loosely packed in the pot and was easy to extract. Hopefully they will do as well as the one that is already established in the yard. I did not have my phone with me, so unfortunately no pictures to post tonight, but I'm hoping that I'l have time to document them tomorrow.