From our Shipping Department

These are examples of the mature 4 year old Lenten Roses we are shipping this month, and of course the garden cat Saphire!

Planting Lenten Roses in the Fall gives them plenty of time to get established before the Spring flowering season. Be sure to mulch them in well!
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The Lenten Rose Almanac May 2011

We say good-bye to the flower in this installment with a pictorial review and a quick look ahead to the ground cover that will last throughout the summer and into the late fall.

Lenten Rose Almanac for April 2011

This month we look at the changing color of the Lenten Rose flower as it progresses through its cycle. Then a quick look at the emerging ground cover foliage, as the plant prepares for the coming of summer.

LentenRose.com is located in NE Georgia. It is the end of March 2011 and the display cycle, we'll call it, of the Lenten Rose flower in NE Georgia is almost finished. I point out, here in Georgia because this past year I have corresponded with many of my customers from the likes of Michigan, Ohio, Massesschutes, New York, Washington, all states where the Lenten Rose grows very well; and especially this year coming off of a very long and snowy winter, their perennial cycles are two to three weeks behind our cycle here. Well, it's only relevant to me because I am chronicling the perennial cycle of the Lenten Rose in a video post every month.

Note to self. Mention that.

Here is a picture I took on March 15th. This bouquet is about 40 stems.

Happy Gardening

The Lenten Rose Almanac March 2011

This month is all about the flower. LentenRose.com is in full bloom. The lenten rose makes a great cut flower and is prized by floral designers but it's important to know when to cut and when not to cut. I hope this video helps in that regard.

The Lenten Rose Almanac February 2011

Early bloomers and Seedlings are the topics covered in this months video. The seeds I planted back in May are just breaking ground. We'll take a look at that. Also we look at some early bloomers in the garden.

The Lenten Rose Almanac December 2010

We are about two months away from a Lenten Rose garden full of flowers. The gardens will be in full bloom in Feb/Mar. In Decembers video we have a look at the progress of the new foliage growth in contrast to the old growth which is beginning to decompose and lay over. I also take a moment to show you how I divided a large hellebore root ball into many new sprouts.

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November 2010

This month we take a look at two schools of thought concerning the way you treat your mature Lenten Roses around this time of year. The first way is the Lawn Mower Method. Sometime in October, take a lawnmower and just mow them to the ground! A month later, around now, after a few good rains, nice clean growth will appear and usually plenty of it.

The second method is the do nothing, ala Natural Method. Just do nothing. The new growth morphs up as the old growth lays over and decomposes. The process takes months and months and in fact, never ends. On some plants in the garden, I can still see the decomposing leave & stem from last years turn.

Both schools work. Both schools are good. It just depends on your preferences. The manicured, clean bed look or the seasonal charm, ala natural. We love them both.

And if you can't reach them with a lawn mower........you can trim them by hand.

Lenten Rose Almanac October 2010

The beautiful shade perennial, hellebore Orientalis, commonly known as our hero, the Lenten Rose, prized by master gardeners throughout the world, in October, is putting up new growth as it begins the 'foliage phase' of a new perennial cycle. The hardy lush green ground cover of last years growth remains and continues to thrive even as the inevitable perennial clock ticks away at its' time left before laying over leaf and stem to compost, protect and nourish its fallen seeds. Perennial cycles cross fade slowly. The new growth with the old - ever so slowly.

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