Just in time for January's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, six of my Hellebore plants have begun to bloom, with the 'Christmas Rose' completely opened:
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Helleborus x niger 'Jacob' (Christmas Rose)
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| Helleborus x nigercors 'HGC Green Corsican' (Winter Rose) |
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| Helleborus hybridus *unknown variety |
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Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Lady' (Lenten Rose)
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Helleborus x hybridus 'Pine Knot Select' (Lenten Rose)
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Helleborus x ballardiae 'Pink Frost'
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I have many other Hellebores but as yet, they haven't developed buds, so there will (hopefully) be more in February, March and April.
All three of my Galanthus elwesii (Giant Snowdrops) have been blooming:
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| Galanthus elwesii (Giant Snowdrop) |
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| Galanthus elwesii var.monostichus 'Potter's Prelude' is a November bloomer but didn't develop a flower head this year. Yet to come up out of the ground are three G. nivalis (Common Snowdrop) which bloom much later. |
Amaryllis and Paperwhites bloomed around the holidays and are almost finished, but these photos show them when they were at their peak:
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| Amaryllis hippeastrum 'Red Lion' |
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| Narcissus papyraceus (Paperwhites) |
Two of the four African Violets that I grow year-round are in bloom right now:
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| Saintpaullia (African Violets) |
Visit
May Dreams Gardens "
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day" to see what is blooming in gardens around the world during mid-January.
Words and photos ©Thanks for today.™, by Jan Huston Doble @ http://www.thanksfor2day.blogspot.com/
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