hellebores - Fine Gardening
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Growing Hellebores: Beautiful Varieties and Care
Few genera have gone through the incredible upgrade of flowers, foliage, and performance like hellebores have in the last 20 years. I began growing them in the early 1990s in my…
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Snowdrop Magic in Margot’s Garden
My name is Margot Navarre. I have been featured in GPOD before and wanted to share some more winter garden photos from a magical time of the year. Snowdrops (Galanthus…
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Angela’s Garden Transformation
Last week Angela O’Brien-Ruff shared some favorite photos of her Seattle garden from last year. Today she’s back, sharing a transformation of her garden space over nine years. I am…
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Winter-Blooming Hellebores for the Northwest
I took my own advice after shooting photos for my last regional report and spent some time walking around the Joseph A. Witt Winter Garden in the Washington Park Arboretum…
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Hearty, Handsome Hellebores for Northern California
Hellebores (Helleborus spp. and cvs., Zones 4–9) are a varied group of shade-loving perennials admired by the Northern Californian gardener for their mounding growth habit, attractive foliage, and exceptional resistance…
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Flowers Big and Small
Today’s photos come from Elle Ronis, whose 15-year-old garden is remarkably beautiful and diverse. Tufa is a porous limestone rock that is prized for making rock gardens like this. Combining…
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Collecting Japanese Maples
Welcome to Cindy Bolz's Dallas garden. I began this garden in 2001. The yard was a blank slate of lawn with four pecan trees shading the area from noon on.…
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Making a Cottage Garden
Welcome to Melina Mantey’s garden. Color has always been a priority in my garden. The brighter and more diverse, the better. When I first started out, I was aware there…
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Returning to the Garden in 40 Shades of Green
Today Emmanuel Touhey, who has shared his garden with us before, is back to give us a glimpse of what it looks like in the spring. I thought I’d share some…
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Hurray for Hellebores!
Today we’re enjoying some hellebore photos from Nancy Mellen’s Massachusetts gardens. Attached are pictures of some of the hellebores that are now in bloom in my gardens, which are just…