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Yes I know it’s Tuesday. I did not forget about Green Thumb Sunday. I just wasn’t able to make my post on Sunday because I was so busy. I’d rather have been posting, or gardening or pretty much anything else other than what I was doing! I was doing taxes!
It turned out to be a beautiful day on Saturday. I actually got outside, enjoyed some time with my husband sitting at our patio table that my husband had just hauled out and put back together that morning, and walked around taking photos of some of the flowers that were blooming.
Like this one. This is helleborus orientals. It’s also known as the Christmas rose. It’s called the Christmas rose because in some areas it blooms around Christmas time – even in the snow. Our area is too cool in the winter for it to live up to it’s name, however ours often is an early bloomer, tending to bloom around the same time as the crocus’.
I discovered that our Helleborus had one fully open flower and several buds that will soon bloom. I’ll try to get another photo when there are several buds blooming.
Isn’t this a lovely plant? The flowers are gorgeous but shy. They hang their pretty heads so it’s hard to see them in the garden. They draw you close so you can see their true beauty.
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Beautiful helleborus! I just posted my first Green Thumb Sunday contribution, also on Tuesday. I think it’s a great idea and I’d love to participate.
I envy you! I don’t have a green thumb. I have just the opposite – plants seem to die under my care. Anyway, I just spare them and enjoy plants in nature or in other people’s gardens. Or virtually, like here 🙂
Beautiful picture! I added a Helleborus to my garden 2 years ago and it was so nice to see it blooming this year, especially after all the weird, wacky weather we had this year. It was great spring is coming sign!
Dawn
Better late, than not at all. Another beautiful bloom.
Aw, you just knew that some of the rest of us were running late so you delayed your post so we culd cach up, right? This is my last stop! I’m now finished with the last of GTS for last Sunday, lol!
The helleborus is lovely and yet another new plant for me to learn about. :0)