Hellebore
24/03/10 05:31 Filed in: Flowers
Fascinating facts about Hellebores from ‘The Digital Botanic Garden”
Hellbores org
Hellebore
16/03/10 16:36 Filed in: Flowers
The colourful petals aren’t petals they are sepals. The petals are actually the green tubes at the base of the stamens.
Fascinating facts about Hellebores from ‘The Digital Botanic Garden”
Hellbores org
Winter Sweet
26/01/10 10:25 Filed in: Shrubs
Chimonanthus praecox
Small, yellow waxen globes.
Open
to
the incredible perfume
of
Winter Sweet.
Chinese apparently, growing at 10,000 ft among mountain scrub.
The outer petals have a certain translucency to them. Especially when moisture hangs.
While the inner petals are purple.