Happy, happy, happy. The hellebores just seem to know when I am on the brink of despair about nothing flowering in the gardens at Struan Farm. Each year, they sense when it's time to come to my rescue:
They're quite shy, dipping their heads down, they make me find them in the wooded roadside garden down at the Homestead. I was down starting the annual cutback of hydrangea and dahlias, soon to be followed by the roses. I was a woman on a mission. Fortunately I took the time to look around before finishing for the day, and saw that they have just started to bloom!
Just read the hellebores are native to the mountainous regions of Europe, mainly Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, but also China.
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