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hellebores
.................... ... ...? Age doesn't usually stop a hellebore flowering in my experience. What are its growing conditions. Perhaps it's sulking about something. Heavy clay, too dry, too wet, too anything else. Can't say I've found them particularly fussy though.  Some of my by mick 3
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01/04/2013 23:14:44
by punkdoc
Stinking hellebore -advice
Hi. I have just found out that my mystery spike leaf plant is infact a stinking hellebore. Advice and hints please. How do I keep it tight, neat and tidy. the lady who gave it to me had many but they were leggy and in attractive with dead bits by * Red Dahlia *
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26/04/2013 23:29:32
by chicky
Talkback: Blind daffodils
You would not think from seeing the wonderful display our hellebores are putting on in the Bristol Botanic Garden that they once had the dreaded blight. We volunteers spent hours cutting away every leaf and flower that had even a tiny spot on them by happymarion
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22/02/2013 12:33:06
by oldchippy
February in Your Garden
finished the cleaning so will be heading out there soon. Lotso f tidying to do Hello, I'm excited about the new growing season too. A lot of the beds have now been cleared of weeds and dead plants, others have been cut back and there are lots of spring by newbee flowergirl28
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27/02/2013 19:04:55
by Rainjustlearning
Plant ID's please!
, will they grow much bigger do you think? I suppose they are about 25cm tall right now in flower. However they were in pots until recently and could have been for some time.Thanks again Number 3 looks like a Sidalcea I think. Number 4 looks like a Stinking by lennyboy
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04/07/2012 22:37:57
by lennyboy
Euphorbia pruning
couple of purple foliage euphorbias and a delightful variegated one....name escapes me for mo......but I agree with Hollie Hock. I grow for foliage. A great foil for hellebores....purple foliage next to white hellebore, for example, is quite nice by chilli lover
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24/02/2013 10:35:12
by chilli lover
Damnation to double flowers
,what you grow in your garden ...if you like it grow it....but thinking about the environment too is sensible I agree, the double form is also often quite ugly, especially in Hollyhocks. Hey, the double yellow, red speckled hellebore is stunning by Woodgreen wonderboy
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08/03/2013 14:46:45
by chica
Advice on slug free plants
Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone would know whether Rudbeckia plants are prone to slug damage or any other damage as far as that goes.  I am really fed up with fighting off slugs and snails and want to grow some tall, hardy flowers like rudbeckia by sterelitza
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15/04/2013 17:15:55
by sterelitza
Dicentra
play your cards right Dicentra spectabilis likes shade, nutrition, good soil and not being disturbed. I grow mine in my hellebore borders as I think they like same conditions. They make good companions too...as hellebores pass their peak the dicentras by Bunny..in..spring..
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20/03/2013 22:53:41
by Bunny..in..spring..
do I cut back hellebores, if so when?
new to gardening, do hellebores need to be cut back? if so when. You should cut off all the old foliage in late winter or early spring as the new foliage and flwoer stems appear.   This helps you see the flowers better and removes old growth which by greenfingers13
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22/06/2012 15:28:49
by Vinomother