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!
I love those "I forgot I planted that" surprises. How wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLovely flower!
ReplyDeleteOur 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. :)
ReplyDeleteKristin
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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.
ReplyDeleteIt 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.
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with this flower. Thank you for posting this surprise beauty. JZ in VA
ReplyDeletemesmersizing!
ReplyDeleteWow. That is nice.
ReplyDeleteThat is a Lenten Rose?
ReplyDeleteThey 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!
ReplyDeleteHelleborus 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!)
ReplyDelete~Bailey of PA