I think your white hellebores show up more than some of the pinkish colors I've seen. What do they require? My shade places are pretty packed already or I would have tried them by now.

Very nice. I lost my Star Magnolia to the last ice storm. It never returned.

My hellebores have never bloomed but are spreading. I still have hopes.

Finally one little clump of grape hyacinth has appeared

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I will have to have that box wood. Where did you find it? My hyacinths were very fragrant this evening, so I have this time of year covered for fragrance. I can never get enough. The frogs and toads are deafening. Now I know why the female toad is so much bigger than the mate. She is absolutely full of eggs. I hope I didn't kill them but I moved strings and strings of eggs to a stock tank. I want to work on cleaning out my pond and I don't want millions of tadpoles in there yet.

I don't think my grape hyacinths are blooming yet. I will check them tomorrow. I don't remember seeing my Jack Frost either. hmmm
I have helleborus blooming but they do take a long time. The first photos are helleborus foetidus. The purple blooms on the others are pretty up close but they don't show up very well from a distance in the shade.
I didn't take a photo of it, but I noticed that my bloodroot is blooming today.

You have a nice variety Christie. Your hellebores are loaded with blooms. Do you like them? I have only seen pictures and I saw some under a tree at the Botany Shop. Their flowers were hard to see and they weren't as showy as yours. I think the pink speckled ones are very pretty.

christie, I am surprised by how all the leaves are different on the helleborus. Do you have yours in some sun. That might be my problem. They are tucked in a northeast corner right next to the back porch. I doubt the sun ever touches them.

Helen, the buxus is the very common one found at WM and all the big box stores. I bought 4 on sale about 3 years ago at W-M in Bolivar. If they have boxwood, it will be this one, I am sure.

I saw hellebores at Lowes and the flowers were green. I may have been looking at the old blooms. There were some whitish flowers on there too. The foliage looked attractive. They were a little expensive but not if they are something that will last and spread. Christie you seem to have lots of them so you must like them. I love columbine but was never impressed with it in the garden centers because I was not seeing all its virtues. I saw Glenda's boxwood but didn't get it because these azaleas grabbed me and made me put them in my cart. I will get a boxwood though one of these days.