A Zoom meeting for the Shades of Green Hosta Society of SE MN was inspiring!
A few evenings ago we joined a meeting with an interesting speaker, Josh Spece, a young man who is inspiring in not only his knowledge and love for plants, but that is he very handicapped and experiencing a very successful life style in partnership with his Mom in a Garden Center in Iowa! He is active in the Hosta World, so to speak, on the national level and talented in the use of computers to share his talents in gardening. He has quite an extensive collection of orchids also!
Josh shared information on a selection of the newer hostas we can expect to find on the market for 2021!
Having no more room for that beloved plant in my gardens, I was exploring his website for shade loving perennials that I can add to my part shade environment where hostas don't seem to handle the seasonal sun times. I have not grown any Hellebores before and found that Josh has a selection of 3 of them which were hybridized by Hans Hanson, a well known and respected hosta hybridizer originally from MN!
So, I placed an order for a white one to give it a trial this spring! I suppose I will need to wait until early spring 2022 to enjoy the flowers, but that will give it a year to settle in and get ready to bring me its spring time beauty! If it grows well in that area, I will be anxious to add a few more colors for sure!
Any tips from those of you who grow these in zone 4?
Here is what I ordered, a Hellebores "Wedding Bells". It looks nice and showy, I should be able to enjoy it even from my office window!
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