Helleborus argutifolius

This has to be my favourite #self-seeded plant in one of the most #unexpectedplaces It is in a gap between paving and my coldframes in #Cumbria not Corsica 😉🤷‍♀️

It’s fab isn’t it @dirtgirlworld

27 Feb 3029 • This little beauty could not be happier 💚 #hellebore

Standing to attention too....👍🏼

Absolutely love green flowers and that's beautiful Jacqueline 💚💚

Err, what's that little star for under your photo because I seem to be hitting it a lot 😂😂😂

If the photo showed the bottom you would see that it is actually growing horizontally then takes a 90 degree bend upwards. #thejoysofcropping 😉😂 @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

😂😂😂 II’m flattered! I must have bought this once. It now pops up in the most unexpected places so why not try it from seed? It likes dry places like the bottom of walls and cracks in the paving 👍 @pelly

Love it 💚 and the shadow!

I have just the spot. I have a very dry are near my shed, it would stand out beautifully there. Thanks for the advice Jacqueline 💚💚

You noticed! 🙌 I was quite chuffed with it ☺️ @rachelbrooks

Fab! @pelly

Ah naturellement! As you should be...most artistic 👌🏼😘

😂🤣 That’s me 😉🎨 @rachelbrooks

15 March 2018 • If you’re happy to have #selfseeds then this #hellebore is fab! Pops up in the oddest places - including the tiny strip of gravel in front of the greenhouse 💚

Love this one for its colour 💚💚

It’s not as tidy as the others but I love the random way it self-seeds @pelly

I think I need one of these 💚

You do Rachel. You really do 💚💛💚 @rachelbrooks

Glad you agree! 😉

18 February 2018 • ...and more of the #hellebore are flowering. So it’s not all bad 😉😊

Wow! What a fab colour! 💚

It’s often a bit floppy but this year it is bolt upright and looking a bit fab 💚 @rachelbrooks

Wonderful colour

Thanks Annette, it’s a great one isn’t it @Annettenoosa

This is another, this time in flower, that appeared amongst some cobbles... @Hellebore

Beautiful

😄 shame the parent plant didn't find a coloured mate but beautiful all the same 😃

@columbiariver I have sprinkled seeds from mine over the ground (under my trees where most of my hellebores are already) but I find I get better propagation from sowing them in seed trays

Thanks @susieg

I haven't ever collected seed, I have just deadheaded these ones and must have left them lying around #untidygardener The Corsican hellebores seem to pop up where it is sunny & the soil is free draining whereas the Lenten hellebores appear in shade @Hellebore @columbiariver

You're welcome Laura, they are wonderful plants 💚 @columbiariver

Beautiful Jacqueline. 😍😍

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This is another free one Jane! Some plants just love having babies 😂😂@pelly

Do you remember commenting on my hellebore seedling Liz? Here is an update... @Hellebore

Oooooo! Helleborus argutifolius looking leaves (any pink on stems?) but will be interesting to see what the flowers look like - I'm assuming no sign this year! Possibly next but could take 4 or 5 yrs!

No sign on this one but I have others in flower - they are popping up all over the place 💚 I'll post a photo... @Hellebore

This is another example of the benefits of not being too tidy, as it has appeared in the gravel in front of the cold frame. A little hellebore for @Hellebore

I hate to say this but I'm not convinced this is a holy leafed hellebore. I'm going to put up a pic shortly of one of my baby's I've grown myself from cultivating seeds in my garden. The leaves normally come in threes. What do you think Aaron @tiggrx?

Don't hate to say it! I'll get a photo of what I think is its parent. I may well have got it wrong & happy to be corrected. Always lots to learn

@Hellebore it looks like a young Hellebore to me. I think as the plant matures it will produce more normal trifoliate leaves.

Ok @tiggrx just my babies already have trifoliated leaves as their first set of true leaves. Keep me updated with new pics as it grows @awomanonabike 😄

Thank you both @tiggrx @Hellebore I've just posted a (rather poor) photo of its parent...

Will do @Hellebore I think I'm just going to leave it where it is. It seems happy!