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Plant ID Please - Hosta ? Hellebore...

steveTusteveTu Posts: 2,651
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We have a few of these dotted around , in pots and in borders. They all have musty pink/light purple flowers in spring....
For some reason I always thought they were some form of hosta. But plant id by leaf is coming back with a hellebore ...any ideas?

UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)

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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    It's a hellebore.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,136
    Hellebore.  If you can, plant them in the ground where they'll be a lot happier.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 2,651
    Grand - thank you both. There are two in pots and two in the ground. I'll move the two in pots on...
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,136
    Water well before and after and plant at the same depth.  They don't like root disturbance but should have time to get over it before they're in flowering mode again.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 2,651
    Thanks for the advice. I have a couple of shady spots under a pair of fruit trees.
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
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