Hellebores are very early Spring flowers, and some even claim that they bloom right through Winter snow. A few years ago, I grew some but they turned out to have greenish looking flowers which came up in February. They were not too appealing, so when they died I replaced them with Milkweed to help Monarch butterflies.
Recently, at the Sayen Park Botanical Garden, I took pictures of several reddish purple Hellebores, standing proud amid other flowers like Daffodils or Hyacinths.
Hellebores.
Hellebore.
Hellebore.
Hellebores.
I like hellebores with their beautiful blooms in the winter in Oregon. I plan to add more. My friend introduced me to them. I always think of her when I see mine.
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Thank you Lori! You should some photos of your Hellebores on your blog.
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Wherever you find them, you shoot excellent photos of flowers!
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Thank you Jerry!
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I been looking over your many photos and see many interesting and fascinating places that you traveled. It was also nice to meet you too at Sayen and will review more as time goes … xatnep21
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Thank you for stopping by and commenting. I also enjoyed meeting you at Sayen, and I looked at some of your photos in Flicker. They are great, and I will make time to look at the rest of them.
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I like the last one the best. It looks like a watercolor painting. Lovely.
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Thank you Helen! The sun really helped in last last shot.
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Truly beautiful! Great close up shots. 🙂
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Thanks Amy! I am currently on a macro binge. 🙂
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lovely like the shadow
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Thank you Diana!
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