Hellebore?

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Hi Does anyone know what this plant is? We thought it could be christmas rose hellebore but the seeds look wrong. these are more like a pod?
We have just moved house & finding lots of plant popping up this year, this has large leaves above the flowers.

Thanks:lollol:

 

It is Hellebore, not sure which variety though.

 

Straight forward Helleborus x orientalis. Sow the seeds fresh when the pod opens and you will have lots more.

 

Top tip Palustris - I'm going to see if my seed heads have opened! :gnthb:

What do they look like, and do you need to sew in the soil around the plant, or in the greenhouse?

 

Also know as the Lenten Rose because it flowers all through lent

To collect the seeds when ripe you have to check often or you may miss them and find them all over the ground like mouse droppings.
I concur with Palustris, easy to germinate when fresh, I sow them in a seed tray in the greenhouse without heat and they come up readily. Prick out into pots and grow on in a sheltered corner and they will flower in 2 or 3 years.

 

Exactly.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread a little...

I've been out and checked mine and the seed pods are closed - do I need to wait until they are opening?

 

They open from the tip and go from just slightly open to gone in a few hours. They will not be ready just yet, unless yours flowered very early. You can gently squeeze one pod and if it opens and the seeds are blackish then they are ripe. If the seeds are still white then wait a bit longer.

 

I think looking on the markings of the old petals it might be a spotted one so the flower might be a nice white with red spots.
You sow immediately, while the seed is still damp ideally. I sow in good compost and top the pots up with grit. i do not put the pots in the greenhouse, they do not need it. Even though the seeds are sown in june/July nothing will happen until the winter. Hellebores are one of those things that after sowing need a warm spell (summer) and then they germinate in the cooler temperatures of winter. I put mine in the shade somewhere outside and in a mild winter have had them germinating in December.
They sow themselves very efficiently. I have hundreds of seedlings under my plants and some have flowered and are very nice young plants.

 

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hi!
Put a brown paper bag over the flower to catch the seeds, when they ripen and fall!

As far as the plants raised from the seed, it will be about 3 years before they flower (properly) and about 4 years for a decent sized plant!

And they will be nothing like the parent plant in my experience!

But it can be worth the wait"

Cheers!

:gnthb: