In a vase on Monday: Night and day

Not a vase in sight, but I am enjoying the first flowers that are blooming in my garden. Our lichen-covered bench is all the "container" these stems get to enjoy this week. Night is Helleborus 'Mardi Gras Black' and Day is 'Royal Heritage Strain.'

A number of my Hellebores are fully open, a few are still at the bud stage and at least one is just pushing up out of the ground. I think the amount of sun each plant receives is the main factor in the speed of their appearance. To see what other gardeners have actually put in a vase today, visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts this marvelous Monday meme.

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

I just love all of those dark rich colors of hellebores. Those first flowers of spring. So uplifting. They draw us out of the house again and again.

[Susie]

'Mardi Gras Black' is captivating. Hellebores are something I appreciate more and more each year.

[Linda Brazill]

It is so amazing to see such big dramatic flowers so early in the season.

[Cathy]

Now that's an interesting observation, Linda - which would mean cutting old leaves off really woud make a difference. I am glad you are finally having the pleasure of some hellebore blooms - who needs a vase!

[Peter/Outlaw]

Hellebores are a sweet harbinger of the parade of blooms to come! These are lovely.

[Loree / danger garden]

They're both lovely! I still haven't gotten my "new this year" Hellebores in the ground....

[Kris P]

I like to see "vases" redefined in this way! The dark hellebore is drool-worthy in any setting. Hellebore blooms in my garden are still rare enough that I haven't been able to bring myself to cut one.

[Linda Brazill]

I have enough blooms that I don't mind cutting them, but they can be difficult to use well in a vase since they hang their heads down. A couple of my favorites that are doubles are having trouble holding their heads up in the garden.

[Cathy Thompson]

How refreshingly different! And interesting what you say about the sun. I must look more closely next year. Thanks for your lovely hellebores - I'm sure you are now enjoying them fully!