I just don't get it. Either it's very late or it's very early. It started blooming in the middle of April and stopped blooming in the end of May. This morning I noticed that one of the Helleborus x orientalis 'Pink Lady Strain' plants is in bloom. It must have started reblooming at least a few days ago from the look of the flowers. I've had these Hellebores for years and they've never done this before. It has been a relatively cool summer, with no temperatures in the 90's since June which, believe me, is highly unusual.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
A Reblooming Hellebore?
I just don't get it. Either it's very late or it's very early. It started blooming in the middle of April and stopped blooming in the end of May. This morning I noticed that one of the Helleborus x orientalis 'Pink Lady Strain' plants is in bloom. It must have started reblooming at least a few days ago from the look of the flowers. I've had these Hellebores for years and they've never done this before. It has been a relatively cool summer, with no temperatures in the 90's since June which, believe me, is highly unusual.
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It does seem a little unusual. That said, if either of my 2 hellebores would like to flower now, I wouldn't mind at all. I have a toad lily that started to bloom in June & is still blooming. The other toad lilies are nowhere near ready to flower though.
/krys
A charming little surprise!
It is strange, isn't it? My magnolia is also re-blooming, and I 'blame' the weather. The unusual weather conditions we've had this year has probably confused some plants.
However, it's quite nice, isn't it?
/Katarina
A couple of years ago we had a few seasons of unusal and hateful weather. The poor plants didn't know if they were coming or going.
But lucky though! I am going out to check mine.
This definitely has been a weird year for all of our plants. I have had stuff blooming early, late, and not at all. I think that they are jsut as mixed up as we are with the weather.
Jen
That is a nice surprise! Better late than never is what I say. It's been a weird year weather wise. My Bleeding Hearts never bloomed this year. They are usually prolific. Pretty Bloom!
What can I say? Enjoy, I guess! ;-) I'm going to look at mine. lol
I have one that's just finishing a weird rebloom, too... and I'm thinking that I read about some other garden blogger having one that rebloomed in July, too? Strange... but not unwelcome. :)
By the way, my rebloomers were all white-flowering 'Pine Knot Strain' hellebores.
A pleasant but puzzeling surprise. Never having grown Helebores, I don't know what they are supposed to do. Weather wise-isn't it lovely!? I much prefer this cool spell to 90 degrees anyday!
I have one double white hellebores that I bought it about 18 months ago, it has never been without flowers! I keep thinking it will flower itself to death.
Several other hellebores have rebloomed this year, two single dark purple and one double pink. Our summer has been cool and wet.
I am glad I am not the only one seeing this happening. I love hellebores because they flower in winter (and summer, the flowers last such a long time and the foliage makes a good back drop to other flowers.
Best wishes Sylvia (England)
I believe you but it has happened in my garden too last year. It may be strange but it is also nice, very nice to stumble upon an unexpected bloom in your garden.
I don't have hellebores, so I can't offer any suggestions or explanations. But I do have primroses re-blooming which seems equally strange. Maybe it is the cooler weather we've had this summer, which I much prefer to the usual humid 90's.
KD - I'd love to know the science behind why some plants are remontant and some bloom so much earlier than similarly situated plants.
Sheila - the blooms are a welcome, if strange sight.
Katarina - you have been having strange weather this year too. I hope your Magnolia will bloom normally next spring.
Barbee - this weather is unusual, but I have been loving it!
Layanee - only 1 plant out of 3 of that strain and over a dozen Hellebores in total are blooming, but others have reported something similar, so you never know.
MBD - at least this weird weather is interesting. Too bad it screws up the record keeping.
PGL - too bad about your Bleeding Hearts. This plant bloomed well this year, it just wants to do it some more. It'll be interesting to see how it blooms next year.
Shady - maybe you have one too. We get so used to not paying attention to the Hellebores in summer that when something like this happens, it can escape our notice.
Blackswamp Girl - thanks for reminding me, I think it was Iowa Victory Gardener (Urban Oasis) who had one blooming very late. This odd-blooming Hellebore club is a fun one to join.
Beckie - if you & Rose ever make it up to Chicago, I'll give you some Hellebore seedlings. You must grow these plants. They start blooming early in March when nothing else with large flowers is blooming. I could get used to summers like this.
Sylvia - it sounds like cool & wet are the conditions for this rebloom. It's good to know that this is happening in other gardens. That double white sounds fantastic!
Yolanda Elizabet - thanks for the reassurance about the rebloom. One thing you can say about gardening, it's never boring because there's something different happening every year, even with the same old plants.
Rose - I don't have Primroses, but it sounds like the same kind of thing. As I told Beckie, I'll be happy to give you some seedling Hellebores next time you come up this way.
Hi there MMD :-D
What's really strange is that I have just discovered two hellebore flowers on two different plants in my garden too!! If I hadn't been taking photos for GBBD I might have missed them :-D
Hi MMD,
We were just looking at that lingering Hellebore we have in the Woodland Garden and it has gone beyond changing color, and the bloom is now gone entirely. No late bloomers here either, so I'm hoping for a bonanza of blooms next year, because they've been there for going on 4 years now.
Our Trilliums and Jack in the Pulpit are still hanging in there and looking quite autumnal now...
Shirl - welcome to the club! I wish I had noticed this in time for Bloom Day. I have a feeling it was in bloom then.
IVG - if "looking autumnal" means turning brown & falling over, then my Jacks are too. Both Trilliums already disappeared over a month ago.
This poor plant is confused. I have never seen a hellebore bloom in august. I wonder if it will do this every year?? Maybe you have some new strain here that you will make millions on. Mr Mc D Hellebore fallius bloomus. tee hee...
Lisa - that would be something! I think this is a aberration. This plant has been in the garden for a long time now & has never shown any indication of doing this before. At least, not that I've noticed.
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