JEARRARD'S HERBAL
Thats enough introduction - on with the plants!
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... out in the garden.
18th February 2007
Helleborus x hybridus Harvington Green .
I have probably put too many Hellebores onto this page recently, but they are so fabulous it is always difficult to leave anything out. this wonderful green is a great joy -
I also have some forms that are rather unpleasant, so there is some sorting to be done!
18th February 2007
Asarum infrapurpureum BSWJ 1994 .
I got this from Crug Farm Plants last year, and it has prospered, and it now being delightful. The curious greyish flowers are the first thing
to burst from the winter buds as soon as growth restarts.
18th February 2007
Ipheion uniflorum 'Jessie' .
One of the more recent selections, and the deepest blue that I have seen. Ipheion get a bad press, mostly because they smell rather oniony
, but they flower early in the spring and make good robust clumps in difficult dryish locations.
18th February 2007
Helleborus x hybridus Double Red .
I have a few double red Hellebores, some better red than others. They also vary in form. The typical forms can look rather like the sweepings
from a butchers shop, but I thought that the rosette shape of this one was worth recording. Unfortunately, it has yet to produce
any seed.
18th February 2007
Hepatica x media 'Sue White' .
A very pretty pink form of this vigorous hybrid. I have been giving it a lot less shade this year, and as a result it seems to be producing a lot paler flowers
, which is the reverse of the intended outcome. Hepatica can be perverse. Adorable but perverse!
18th February 2007
Galanthus 'Warley Place' .
Many years ago I was able to collect a couple of snowdrop bulbs from Ellen Willmot's decaying garden at Warley Place (with the kind permission
of Essex Naturalists Trust who now own it). They have prospered here producing a number of slight variations on the Galanthus plicatus
theme, but flowering rather earlier than the typical form. One day I will sort out the best forms, but for now they are just 'Warley Place'.
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