Perennials: Helleborus preparing to bloom..., 1 by bonitin

bonitin wrote:
Have you ever had them making flower buds that early before, Wallaby ? Last winter was also very mild, but mine didn't start off that early then...
How nice the Hellebore seeds I've send have germinated. The name is Helleborus lividus and I think its origin is Greece if I remember well. I did sow myself 3 seeds of them and 2 germinated. I had sown them on 22 June and they came up on 30 Sept. I also noticed that slugs love them so one of them had been eaten one of its early-stage leaves, but to my surprise has overcome this and is making its first true leaf.
I can imagine what a hell you've been through with your computer problems...
That was early for your 2-year old seedling to flower for you last year.

The Corydalis you've send (both of them) are doing very fine, making lots of new growth, also the Oxalis.

The one on the left is the seedling that had lost one leaflet by a snail..