Hellebores

The hellebores have been cheering my days.  They were here when we arrived three years ago and seem indestructable, thriving under trees, in the teeth of the prevailing wind, scrunched under shrubs, pretty much anywhere.  I think they are all Hellebore argutifolius, but I'd be happy to be corrected. 

 

The wind was blowing when I took the photograph, so the flowers are romantically blurred.  This plant hangs over the gravelled drive and has seeded all around.  I just moved around fifteen seedlings, probably at the wrong time of year, to the view garden.  We will see how they do.  I potted up another six to sell for charity at the village plant stall this summer, if they survive.