Here are some flowers in our garden.
Helleborus Niger, showing the first caterpillar of the season.
Hellebores, are resistant to most pests, being toxic to them. Perhaps the flowers are not toxic, or this caterpillar could find nothing else.
Also called the Christmas Rose, this plant was in flower on Christmas Day. ‘Niger’ does not refer to the flower, but to the roots.
Helleborus feotidus. This prolific self seeder has produced row of plants along our graveled drive way. One of the few green flowers.
Flowering cherry
Daphne (I think)
Primroses, planted last winter, and back in flower.
Helleborus Winter Moonbean.
This cultivar has attractive striking foliage, which I should have photographed also.
Hellebore hybrid
Helleborus Eric Smithii
Winter jasmine
A final hellebore cultivar
A stray early pyracantha flower.
And finally, a couple of hellebores with massive flower buds ready to explode
More hellebores
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Amanda Trought says
Anita, loving your garden and your pictures are great, one of my favorites is the christmas rose. Blessings, Amanda
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Craig L. Adams says
Thanks for sharing the pictures. Here in Michigan in the USA we are expecting a snowstorm over the weekend. I don't expect to see any activity from the Hellebores for several months!
Anita says
Joanna, I love hellebores too–and feel I cannot have enough of them!! Thank you for identifying our daphne. I wasn't sure if it was viburnum.
Joanna says
Lucky you having so much in bloom in January.I love hellebores and helleborus foetidus is one of my all time favourites. I am sure that is daphne, by the way.