I forgot that we planted these last year so it was a nice surprise. I hope to get out later (if it doesn't rain) to do some raking and weeding - there's so much to be done out there!
4.12.2008
signs of life
It's warm here today and I took a short walk around the property. The daffodils are just about ready to pop open, but not pretty enough yet for a picture. But I found this hellebore (also called Lenten rose) half-buried in leaves.
I forgot that we planted these last year so it was a nice surprise. I hope to get out later (if it doesn't rain) to do some raking and weeding - there's so much to be done out there!
I forgot that we planted these last year so it was a nice surprise. I hope to get out later (if it doesn't rain) to do some raking and weeding - there's so much to be done out there!
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I love those "I forgot I planted that" surprises. How wonderful!
Lovely flower!
Our daffodils and hiacynths are blooming. And I can see the early tulips are about to open. Hopefully the deer won't eat them.
Kimberly :)
how beautiful :) What a lovely reminder that spring is marching in. :)
Kristin
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What a happy surprise. This year in my bed of daffodils two orange tulips showed up! I never ever plant anything orange so I have no idea where they came from.
It was HOT around here today - in the upper 80's. I think Spring is going to skip right by us this year....
What a gorgeous flower! What fun it would be to plant things and forget about them, only later to see these amazing surprises spring up.
I am not familiar with this flower. Thank you for posting this surprise beauty. JZ in VA
mesmersizing!
Wow. That is nice.
That is a Lenten Rose?
They dry very well in a book and then used in card making or altered books.
Bonnie
Bonnie, you're right - hellebores are also called Lenten roses!
Helleborus x hybridus or lenten rose - named as the 2005 perennial plant of the year by the Perennial Plant Association - is an attractive shade perennial.
Helleborus are evergreen, late-winter or early-spring flowering members of the buttercup family.
Despite the common name, lenten rose, this plant isn't related to roses, but is a perennial hardy in Zones 4 to 9 that can survive in Zone 3 winters with reliable snow cover.
wow - thanks for the Lenten rose information - I have been looking for an early-spring flower and you answered my dilemma for next year! It's going to be about 81 degrees out today so I'm off to multch my "Butterfly" Garden! ( Yes, it's really in the shapes of a giant butterfly with butterfly attracting flowers within!)
~Bailey of PA
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