My Garden

A hybrid between Helleborus niger and H. orientalis has recently been announced - and this time it really does sound like the real thing. A hybrid between these two species has been claimed before, there even used to be a plant at Kew behind a label which claimed it was such a hybrid. But no. Not until... Read more..

Remember a few weeks ago I told you about ‘Walberton’s Rosemary’, a spectacular new hellebore that was reckoned to be a hybrid between H. niger and H. orientalis ? Click here to see the earlier post. Well, doubts were expressed that it really is a hybrid - in spite of this fairly convincing picture.... Read more..