by Leslie Cox; Tuesday; January 15, 2019

This is probably not news to many gardeners in other parts of the Comox Valley, or Vancouver Island, or the lower mainland of BC…but, I was tickled to spot flower buds developing nicely on our assorted hellebores. Yeah, I know. Many of you have fully opened flowers now.

Helleborus argutifolius – Corsican hellebore
(Click to enlarge photo.)