A WINTER PEEK AND FOLLOWUP OF EUPHORBIA AND HELLEBORE FROM DECEMBER 4TH POST

 EUPHORBIA  'ASCOT RAINBOW'

Spurge

GROWS TO 20" - NEEDS NO PRUNING
EVERGREEN  - SUN AND PARTIAL SHADE

FLOWERS EARLY SUMMER and last till FALL 

FLOWER COLORS ARE THE SAME AS THE LEAVES AND THEY LAST FOR MONTHS

  VERY PRETTY -  MAINTENANCE FREE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT

PHOTO TAKEN IN OUR MILD MID-WINTER OF 2012

NOTICE THE COLOR AND SLIGHT TEXTURE VARIATION - STRONG, PROTECTIVE AND SELF-SUSTAINING 

PHOTO TAKEN IN THE LATE MILD FALL OF 2011

BRIGHT LIGHTER COLOR AND SOFT AND SLIGHTLY *PUBESIANT TEXTURE

*pubescent |pyo͞oˈbesənt|   - botany term - covered with short soft hair; downy.

HELLEBORE 'ANGEL GLOW'

Lenten Rose

 EVERGREEN -  SHADE/PART SUN PERENNIAL

 FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY

   FLOWERS LAST FOR MONTHS

 VERY HARDY - TOLERATES POOR SOIL CONDITIONS

BUDDING PHOTOS TAKEN FEBRUARY 1, 2012

NOTICE THE PINK BUDS AT CENTER CORE

PHOTO TAKEN MID SPRING

LONG LASTING FLOWERS FROM FEBRUARY

THESE FLOWERS ARE STRONG WITH A SOMEWHAT WAXY TEXTURE AND ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STILL IN RICH COLOR IN SPRING AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES THE FLOWER COLOR FADES TO A PALE PINK OR OFF WHITE.

NOTE: VERY VIEW OF LEAFLETS ARE REMOVED FROM WINTER DAMAGE