In article , Pam Moore
wrote:
On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:53:24 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

I've just received some hellebore plants from T&M.

3 plants? Mine came a couple of weeks ago and I was very impressed with
the quality. I can't comment about what is wrong with your seedlings,
but I would pot them and put them in a shady part of the garden.

OK. So far I have just put them in a shady spot and will keep an eye on
them for a few days.


If they make new growth then cut off the damaged leaves. I guess they
are suffering from their travels; heat, cold etc and not likely to be
any disease.

I'm fairly new at gardening. The black areas, etc, made me assume this was
some sort of infection - fungus or virus or whatever. There is also some
black on some of the stems which looks like something powdery has been
painted on. Is it feasible that symptoms like this are not infection but
due to being in a box and banged about in the post?

I have been wondering if I should buy some of the 'roseclear' type of spray
that kills pests and fungus and spray them. Would this do any harm, or make
sense for the hellebores?


Good luck. You have nothing to lose!

Well, T&M were excellent w.r.t. to immediately offering a refund. Full
marks for promptness on that! However I am nervous that if they have an
infection it will affect other plants...


I have had 4 lots of plug-plants from T&M this year and they all arrived
in excellent condition.

I bought some potentillas from them a while ago that were also fine, and
seem to be growing well. I also have some other items which I hope will be
coming quite soon. So far, despite the arrival state of the hellebores I
have found T&M to be quite good.

Certainly better than another company I bought some clematis from a couple
of months ago. One of these was dead on arrival, and the others were not
entirely happy. Not impressed. Very poorly packed, etc. Whereas the T&M
packs seem quite well thought out. Alas, the postal service would probably
mean that even a Chieftain 2 tank might be insufficient packing for some
items. 8-]

Slainte,

Jim

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