(1) I followed his advice - and now, ten years later that hellebore is a fine, strong plant that is blooming as I type this.(2) This seems to me like it would be a difficult color range to achieve, considering the amount of blue in most hellebore flowers.(3) Be very cautious about growing poisonous plants, like castor bean or hellebore , in readily accessible areas.(4) Enjoy early hellebore flowers by floating flowerheads in a shallow bowl of water.(5) The same author comments that quail were not eaten much in classical times, apparently because they were thought to be unwholesome because of eating poisonous plants such as hellebore .(6) Recently, however, I've gotten well and truly hooked on hellebores .(7) While few perennials are doing anything significant when the hellebores bloom in late winter and early spring, flower combinations can be easily made with some early bulbs.(8) A natural glen is planted with an assortment of shade-loving plants, including hellebores , ferns, fuchsias, azaleas and primroses.(9) Ensure that you prepare a good planting site by incorporating compost into the soil before you plant, as hellebores enjoy a moist soil rather than one that dries out quickly.(10) Chocolate cosmos, black hollyhocks, and shadowy hellebores are planted toward the front of borders or in front of contrasting colors so that the dark colors don't recede in the garden like a black hole.(11) All hellebores flower in winter or early spring from buds formed during the previous summer.(12) The hellebores are still green, and there are buds forming under the slightly tattered foliage.(13) Look for winter-flowering hellebores in garden centres.(14) As well as carpets of snowdrops in the five-acre garden, there are hellebores and other winter flowering plants to admire.(15) Members were transported to Switzerland, Greece, the Falklands, and France to see gardens and plants in all their glory and were given an insight into some of the hellebores that can be grown in the UK.(16) It's no surprise that in a recent worldwide poll commissioned by the Hardy Plant Society, hellebores were voted second favourite flower family.