tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post5396429252320307838..comments2014-08-11T01:15:06.304+01:00Comments on Licencetokillslugs: Hellebore orientalis 'red hybrid'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-5649449367648065212013-05-06T22:14:49.709+01:002013-05-06T22:14:49.709+01:00Hi Helene, thanks for remembering me! I have kind...Hi Helene, thanks for remembering me! I have kind of been writing blog posts on and off but somehow too busy to see them through to completion. I also took a garden design course for a few weeks which had some homework and so that took up a bit of time. I struggle a bit with blogger on my old laptop to be honest and usually use an ipad for everything which doesn't work well with blogger so that doesn't help. <br /><br />Yes, spring has been weird. I took a week off in March to do everything but it was too cold, then I fell into a mass panic in April when there seemed to be a gap of a week to do all the jobs. Got back from my parents today and found everything in the garden coming along so quickly, seems strong on foliage right now but a few flower gaps to deal with. Hope you are well. I will try and write up my nursery visit now you've spurred me on!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-17596674407821738812013-05-05T01:59:40.513+01:002013-05-05T01:59:40.513+01:00Hi Claire, have you stopped writing completely? Ho...Hi Claire, have you stopped writing completely? How is your garden doing? It's been a weird winter and spring, but now it is finally taking off :-)<br />Have a nice Bank Holiday, supposed to be nice on Monday!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-500148856452998062013-04-19T08:06:25.892+01:002013-04-19T08:06:25.892+01:00No flowers at all on one of them - boo hoo! No flowers at all on one of them - boo hoo! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-23384908922543735862013-04-16T22:41:22.342+01:002013-04-16T22:41:22.342+01:00Er, perhaps the flowers darken with age after they...Er, perhaps the flowers darken with age after they die and fall off the plant? ;-)<br /><br />Sorry you got snookered...<br /><br />But I'd have fallen for that tag too. The "Red Hybrid" hellebore photo looks great!!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-63102827635194605962013-03-12T14:47:07.910+00:002013-03-12T14:47:07.910+00:00Thanks Elaine. You are right, it does look nice a...Thanks Elaine. You are right, it does look nice and delicate. Everything took a bit of a battering overnight anyway in the high winds no matter what colour it was!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-18765603867326043372013-03-12T14:37:06.480+00:002013-03-12T14:37:06.480+00:00I know you are disappointed with the hellebore bei...I know you are disappointed with the hellebore being white but the white ones really sing out on a dull day and you can always buy another pink one if you get desperate.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-58822423984534730152013-03-08T08:54:52.532+00:002013-03-08T08:54:52.532+00:00Hi Sunil, you know what, you and Janet are right. ...Hi Sunil, you know what, you and Janet are right. I've planted both of them now but I'm going to e-mail them the photos. Not sure whether or not I still have the receipt but I don't think that matters for mis sold goods, anyway, you never know what still might be lurking in the tardis of my handbag :-).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-7997877952651464512013-03-08T02:20:06.124+00:002013-03-08T02:20:06.124+00:00Hi Claire, I'm not sure what white flowers are...Hi Claire, I'm not sure what white flowers are supposed to darken to. Abandoning all shame I'd march back with photographic evidence and blag another round of free plants - perhaps referring to the horse meat scandal with regards to them mislabelling things - that might ruffle them up a bit. As for practical cars vs Chelsea tractors, don't get me started!Sunil Patelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17998062749546109287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-24491597633006556382013-03-07T21:12:47.897+00:002013-03-07T21:12:47.897+00:00For some reason I hadn't thought of buying ano...For some reason I hadn't thought of buying another one, how unlike me! I've planted each of them in a mixed display in two large pots that I bought so it would be quite an outlay to do a third. I'm off work from tomorrow (starting the garden design course), so you've got me thinking though...<br /><br />My friend at university used to drive us everywhere in an ancient red Fiat. I used to call it a coke can on wheels but I loved it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-81658311649846413772013-03-07T21:10:10.510+00:002013-03-07T21:10:10.510+00:00You are so right Jean, why would a passionate gard...You are so right Jean, why would a passionate gardener bother with a nice car when it is always full of compost, plants and remnants of bygone gardening projects being taken to the tip? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-27614806316263212352013-03-07T20:40:04.376+00:002013-03-07T20:40:04.376+00:00I'm no hellebore expert but I'd say someon...I'm no hellebore expert but I'd say someone's been swopping the labels over. Still, pretty good reason to buy another one, thereby making up the numbers to a design-approved grouping. Perhaps when you next pop out for compost? My car is a tiny aging Fiat and I love it, especially that the back seat folds flat so I can get lots of compost and plants in there. It's the perfect car for me!Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-67474627413736150512013-03-06T20:49:40.231+00:002013-03-06T20:49:40.231+00:00Claire, Really, why would anyone want to haul comp...Claire, Really, why would anyone want to haul compost in a fancy car? The whole point of having an old trusty, rusty car is that you can treat it like a pickup truck (even if it was born a subcompact). I speak from experience here :-). I have a feeling that the tag photo of your hellebore has been color enhanced more than just a little bit. -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-14930431857771154592013-03-05T21:22:45.435+00:002013-03-05T21:22:45.435+00:00Hi Janet, foolishly I have planted them now (still...Hi Janet, foolishly I have planted them now (still waiting for flowers on no.2) and as it was pretty obviously white in the shop perhaps it is a lesson in assertiveness for me or updating my glasses prescription :-). This particular garden centre is the kind where all the plants are artfully arranged around little stone busts with opera trilling away in the background...I keep going back there from time to time knowing it is really bad for me! This isn't my first run in with them, in fact that reminds me to label that particular post. On the plus side, the plants I've bought there have always been in rude health I guess...I am living and learning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219822339648937928.post-6277992481406874562013-03-05T20:37:21.322+00:002013-03-05T20:37:21.322+00:00I hate shops that make you feel as if they are doi...I hate shops that make you feel as if they are doing you a favour just by allowing you to buy their stuff, and this sounds like one of those. And that is white. Not pink. I'm not expert, and I have seen hellebore flower colour deepen with age, but go pink from white? Surely that would be the kind of alchemy that you would shout from the rooftops as a feature, or at least mention on the plant label? I'd take it back. Is the other one pink?Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.com