Helleborus - Gold Collection Pink Frost

For a couple of weeks now, I've been searching through my e-mail to find the name of the Helleborus that I planted some time ago. I must have brought it locally because I can't seem to find an e-mail receipt. I also thought that I listed it in this blog somewhere, but could not find it here either.

It seems to grow well enough in my garden that I'm feeling comfortable about buying a few more. Since it seems that they can cross breed, I wanted to make sure that I buy the same one in order to maintain the look of the current one I have.

I finally spotted the one I think I have in the White Flower Farm catalog. It is called Pink Frost and and I am notating it here for reference. The name seems very familiar, so judging from that and the picture in the catalog, I'm pretty sure that this is the one I have. Unfortunately, they are sold out for this year, so maybe next year I'll plan for some more.

Here's a picture taken at the end of February 2017 of my Helleborus Gold Collection Pink Frost:

It's about mid April now and there are still some flowers despite the weather warming up. During the summer it looks like a nice enough ground cover and is one of the few plants that seem to do OK for me.

Tequila Sunrise, Lily-of-the-Valley, Liatris Spicata

Quickly threw some Renee's Garden Heirloom California Poppies, Tequila Sunrise (packed for 2016) seeds on the ground yesterday and potted up some Lily-of-the-Valley and Liatris Spicata bareroot plants from Walmart today.

Hopefully the poppies will take, even though they were packed last year. Supposedly  they will take about 7-14 days to germinate, so by April 14th, I should see some signs of life if they are going to do their thing.

Planning on adding some snowdrops around the hellebore in the fall. It was an idea I got from this Garden Design article about hellebores with comments by Jerry Fritz of Linden Hill Gardens. I should probably add more hellebores too!

Plumeria Flowers!

End of August

By now, the Echinacea are past their prime and the Back Eyed Susans are on their way out. Harlow Carr (rose) managed to put out a few blooms. With nothing to really look at, I'm thinking of maybe a mass planting of lirope which are currently in bloom and looking good this time of year.

Today I discovered a surprise on my plumeria - an inflow! From far away, I thought it might be a bug or a cocoon of some sort, but upon further inspection, I was happy to see signs of flowering! Since it is already September, I wonder if there is still enough time. In the spring, I repotted it from a pot that was approximately 8" in diameter (its first pot from two years ago) to one that is about 14" in diameter and kept it in the shadier part of the garden.  Now that there are signs of flowering, I will move it into the sunnier part of the garden where it might be happier. Looking forward to seeing what the flowers look like!

Lily

Early Summer

The Crown Princess Margareta rose that I potted this year seems to be doing well, but is tilting to the left. It might be bending towards the direction of the sun. Will try to turn the pot around and use a bit of twine to train it to the trellis. There are some holes in the leaves as well, but hopefully, it will be OK since I'm not a big fan of spraying chemicals on plants. The Jackmanii clematis has not blossomed yet, but there are flower buds on the stem, so I am hopeful that they will cooperate with each other and put on a nice show.

Also planted some Santo Cilantro and Tequila Sunrise Poppy seeds:

Somehow, I was fortunate enough this year to have a Foxglove growing out of nowhere. I've always admired them, but never had any success with growing them from seeds. Also, since I prefer to grow plants that will survive normal conditions, I usually do not supplement with additional water apart from the rain which with Mother Nature blesses us. Unfortunately, due to dear hubby's too over zealous use of the edger, my beautiful flower was cut down. I was SO disappointed! Thoughtfully, he offered to make it up to me by purchasing 4 new Foxgloves to replace the one that perished. I'm not confident that they will grow since the area doesn't seem to usually hold enough moisture, but am willing to give it a try.