Hi
In 2005 my Christmas roses produced an abundance of flowers. At
Christmas 2006 nothing was visible, not even leaves. Has anyone else
found the same?
June

june writes
Hi
In 2005 my Christmas roses produced an abundance of flowers. At
Christmas 2006 nothing was visible, not even leaves. Has anyone else
found the same?

Has anything appeared since?
--
Kay

june wrote:
In 2005 my Christmas roses produced an abundance of flowers. At
Christmas 2006 nothing was visible, not even leaves. Has anyone else
found the same?

I have what is more of a Lenten rose than a Christmas rose (just
finishing flowering now). It's flowered well this year but didn't
flower at all last year, but the year before (Spring 2005) it flowered
well. Maybe they do alternate years?

Rhiannon

On 28 Mar 2007 12:40:47 -0700, "june"
wrote:

Hi
In 2005 my Christmas roses produced an abundance of flowers. At
Christmas 2006 nothing was visible, not even leaves. Has anyone else
found the same?
June

In my experience, helleborus niger, the Christmas rose, is more
difficult to keep than the more common hellborus orientalis, (now
known as h. hybridus) the "Lenten rose".
H. niger is more fussy about soil and position. At a lecture I went to
recently I discovered that I am not alone in finding this and that
they sometimes do better in pots. I have had several over the years,
and lost them. I now have 2, in pots, which have flowered well this
year; one was £1.99 from Lidl!
I am going to keep them potted this year and see what happens.



Pam in Bristol

On Mar 30, 4:34 pm, Pam Moore wrote:
On 28 Mar 2007 12:40:47 -0700, "june"
wrote:

Hi
In 2005 my Christmas roses produced an abundance of flowers. At
Christmas 2006 nothing was visible, not even leaves. Has anyone else
found the same?
June

In my experience, helleborus niger, the Christmas rose, is more
difficult to keep than the more common hellborus orientalis, (now
known as h. hybridus) the "Lenten rose".
H. niger is more fussy about soil and position. At a lecture I went to
recently I discovered that I am not alone in finding this and that
they sometimes do better in pots. I have had several over the years,
and lost them. I now have 2, in pots, which have flowered well this
year; one was £1.99 from Lidl!
I am going to keep them potted this year and see what happens.

Pam in Bristol

Pam are you still growing cardumen?

Judith