...we have our very 1st Hellebore blossom ever!
We purchased this little guy at
Plant Delights Nursery while visiting Josh & Paige, not too long after they moved to North Carolina. Pre-Piper, even, if I'm not mistaken. And look how our darling Piper has bloomed in that 5 years!! But our poor little hellebore plant has struggled along in our alkaline soil...being moved from spot to spot, as we fed it, watered it, shaded it, sunned it and hoped. At last, it is in a location it seems to like! It has a hellebore neighbor, also from that North Carolina excursion, which does not seem to plan on blooming this year; it doesn't help that a bunny recently munched on it, provoking me to place a chicken wire cage around
both of our hellebore plants! (We have four small ones started in another spot - maybe next year they will bloom????)
Warm weather was here for a week or so - and now we have awakened to cold and a light dusting of snow. Most of our snow experience here this winter has been via the television news reports about other places! WOW! The winter in New England, Michigan, the midwest, and even the south! People will long remember the Winter of 2015!
Snow fell softly through the night and we awoke to 8" of snow! The huge old cottonwood trees look magical out our kitchen window; their craggy grey bark decorated with fluffy white snow! I couldn't help but gaze at them awhile as I prepared morning coffee. Fred wanted to be outside for only a few perfunctory minutes and then dashed to the door. Burr! Snow still falls gently, just a little bit. So we will just sit back and relish it from inside for awhile, and venture out again shortly. An enchanted day!!
