Seeding Stinking Hellebore.
Sunrise: 06.32 Sunset: 07.52
This Stinking Hellebore grows all on its own, hidden away in a dank, shaded hollow in the depth of Hoo Wood. Strangely, I was walking past the plant earlier this evening as tweets arrived from Tina Dorkin@itsMeTinaD and kingfisher@Barbus59 answering my previous post question, and suggesting the blooms might belong to a hellebore plant.
I just had to photograph the bloom again, complete with resident aphid.
Stinking Hellebore.
Stinking Hellebore.
Stinking Hellebore.
I always thought that Stinking Hellebore had a pale green flower head. It is definitely a hellebore coming into seed! They’re one of my favourite flowers and I have several growing in the front garden to bring some colour to the winter months 🙂
Maybe you are right, Sarah. If it’s not a Stinking Hellebore, what is it?
I might be able to ask the experts when I’m next at RHS Wisley. Can you get a photo of the whole plant?
It certainly looks like a Hellabore, Mike.
I’ll have to look up ‘stinking hellebore’ because I have a very similar photo of a hellebore which sort of looks like a dried hellebore, but not the usual Hellabore that I’m familiar with. I’ve never heard of the ‘stinking’ variety.
Thanks, Vicki.