Hellebore heaven

I had forgotten that much of the garden sleeps in Winter ( not the weeds though, as we have discovered on return).

And definitely not these little specimens of gorgeousness.

 They are blooming their heads off right now.

This is their time to shine.

( these are yours Judy D.)

A visit here yesterday has truly inspired me to add some more of these beautiful tough plants to our garden.

These photos were taken on my phone whilst juggling my gloves, hat, scarf, bag, etc so a bit blurry but I'm sure you get the picture!!!! 

They are truly a glorious plant.

Unlike us, they are not troubled by cold or frost and eventually become quite drought tolerant.

You can collect the seed and grow your own. (Course I will be!)

Right then, which ones to buy?? Which ones to leave behind??

 Names like double primrose picotee were jumping out at me!

Such a dilemma.

I eventually settled on this little collection of ten.

Most of these little pots were $7 each.

The bigger flowering pots were $30 each.

 I really would have loved ten of those!

We were taken on a tour of the production line.

It must be hellebore heaven working there in spite of being labour intensive.

Icy water for the early birds today.

Home to some reading material. Mmmmm.....which one first.

Gorgeous daphne blooms just opening after being unceremoniously plonked in the ground just before we went away.

A lovely welcome home from these two little pooches.

Kiann's friends gave her a wonderful baby shower yesterday.

Baby White is due mid September.

And we had FaceTime with this little shocker.......

......who lights up our lives every time we set eyes on him.

( blurry image from trying to take a photo whilst talking to him)

We are flying over in a couple of weeks to scoop him up and play Superheroes with him. 

( Must remember to google who they all are and whether they are goodies or baddies!)