Myths, legends and folklore of Hellebores

I found this whilst looking up something else on this site, there seem to be many interesting articles on here...


http://gardenofeaden.blogspot.com/20...lklore-of.html

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Interesting Wanda I used to have some Hellebores in the garden with green flowers which were indistinguishable from the leaves but they died off.

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Interesting link Wonda, I've bookmarked it to read through later.

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I had no idea Hellebores were highly toxic, just as well they died off before the twins arrived touching things in the garden .

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Thanks for that link, very interesting! I had hellebores in my front garden, they flourished and got larger clumps every year; I'm going to miss them. This was one last year..

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Eileen those look lovely and much more interesting than my green flowering ones

Mine were Stinking Hellebores not very pleasent all round as you will gather from the name ...

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Meg, the flowers on mine, especially the white ones, often turned green when old; they last for ages!

This is a better pic:

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....that's beautiful Eileen Mine were poor cousins of those .

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I didn't realize I have no pics of the white ones until I looked for them! Too late now.........

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I love Hellebores, never had them as they tend to fall sideways as if a cat has sat in them, wish I had now, although i am cutting down on plants in the garden as I havent done any gardening this year, its been left to Joe who isnt really a gardener. Never though I would not feed the plants and care for them, so next year it will be a different matter, less to do.