Experiments in the Garden

Occasionally (well, perhaps not so occasionally) I’ll plant something that’s pushing the gardening zone limits for Calgary. I’ve had lots of failures, but some successes too. Boxwood, which smells like a Spanish garden when the temperature is just right; vining hydrangea, which blooms, a little; and, flowering for the first time this year, two lenten roses. Hellebores, in Calgary.

They opened white, and I was disapointed they were the same colour. I’ve seen pictures of wonderful dusty shades. But each is shifting as it ages. One is white with more and more green, and little red dots near the centre. The other is morfing into green on the inside, and pink on the outside. I love watching the change, the flowers new every day.

Maureen