Northeast Gardening: Garden photos of '09.....#11, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Shelly, love the photo of Guara and the hellebore going to seed.

Robindog, I hope my wood hyacinth do well as I agree about loving the less formal ones than the large ones. Though I do love that white ones called 'Carnegie' and also grow 'Sky Jacket', 'City of Haarlem', and a couple of others including one of the really early ones to be named 'MARIE' in the trade since 1860. I bought it from Old House Garden. Last fall I planted something called Bellevalia romana which is more like the wood hyacinth . It hasn't bloomed yet. I also have Hyacinthus orientalis 'White Festival' that is less formal too. But my favorite is Hyacinthus orientalis var. albulu which I have bought from Buggy crazy in the past. It will be out soon.

nutsfordaylily, congrats on your hellebore. I do hate the critters! Here is a stand that they didn't eat blooming with Iris historidies 'Frank Elder' yesterday. It is Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant', so I think that is why. Patti