Saturday saw the dawning of one of the best days of spring for me - the Bosvigo Hellebore Day, and it didn't disappoint! The weather was sunny and still and the gardens were alive with enthusiastic gardeners and regular Hellebore fans. The Spring gardens looked stunning. As expected the Hellebores were wonderful...
...drifts of single pink...
...underplanted with Pushkinias
Single dark red paired with delicate crocus.
Hellebores in every shade...
...pale yellow...
...double white (here with Epimediums).
Frilly doubles...
...and elegant singles...
...speckled...
...and plain...
...and the frilliest of them all!
But there were also beautiful combinations of Hamamelis (Witch Hazel), Snowdrops and Eranthus...
...and drifts of Crocus.
A dainty Primrose nestling at the base of a wall...
...a delicate Prunus hedge...
...and a stunning bank of blowsy white Crocus and tiny cyclamineus Daffodils.
The day was raising money for Cornwall based International Charity Shelterbox (see tent above), was covered by Radio Cornwall, opened by radio presenter Tracy Wilson and was very, very busy! We arrived at 10am, half an hour after the doors opened and the place was rammed already and the Hellebore sales area was emptying fast!
Helleboraphiles (I may have made that up but hey-ho!) with very determined looks on their faces and trays of multiple Hellebores were charging about, spying on each other and no doubt planning cunning raids on each others stashes (I know I was). The sales area struck a vivid contrast to the gardens which were calm and full of slow moving enthusiasts, all studying, photographing and discussing the lovely plants on show.
Round the back of the house the teas were going well, you need reviving after a Hellebore scramble like that, and visitors meandered around with bags bulging with Hellebores.
As we left we passed a stream of satisfied customers trailing down into town laden with horticultural gold. Before you ask, yes we were also satisfied customers with our share of swag but our purchases will have to wait for another post, I need a lie down after all that excitement!
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