Hellebore Silvermoon - a lovely hybrid of ericsmithii - is a prolific bloomer and holds up well though all our rain and cold weather. Soft tinges of dusty pink develop on the flowers as they age. Foliage has a silver blue cast to it as well. Another hellebore that is great paired with any of the euphorbia's with the purple or pinkish cast to the leaves - like
Euphorbia 'Ruby Glow', 'Blackbird', 'Redwing', or even the old sturdy martinii.
A variation of the evergreen
armandii clematis - this is '
Appleblossom' with pink buds and flowers holding a pink cast. Profuse bloomer and fragrant like vanilla!
Nothing beats the color intensity this time of year like the pulmonaria's. This one is
Pulmonaria longifolia ssp. cevennensis. A great blue and nice long tapering leaves which hold their silver color all summer and fall. A terrific shade plant but can also tolerate quite a bit of sun. Place it under hydrangeas for some early interest1
This
pulmonaria is a new one for me. Another form of longifolia called
'Diana Clare' It's flower clusters are a bit fuller than the previous one and a nice violet blue which will age into purple and then finally into pink. Heavily marked with silver the leaves give impact all season.
Euphorbia 'Blue Lagoon' gets somewhere between 18" and 30" tall - not sure what accounts for the variation in information! About 2' wide and flowers larger than others I've had in the garden.
OK here is the show stopper -
Hellebore 'Pink Frost' paired with
Euphorbia martinii!! The colors play off of each other and also pick up the red stems of the
Cornus 'Ivory Halo'. A combo that is worth repeating a few times.
Can't get too many photos of this fabulous hellebore with such strong out-facing flowers! A long season of interest and tough during our cold snaps.
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