Today I noticed over at Blooming Friday that "Perfect Pink Pouts" was to be the theme….. and it just so happens that I have some new pink blooms that I think have perfect pink blooms pouts.
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They are from my Helleborus Orientalis Picotee.
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Wikipedia says that Picotee is a variety of flower whose edge is a different colour than the flower's base colour. The word originates from the French picoté, meaning 'marked with points' and you can really see that in the first photo below.
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As you can see she’s a little shy and needs a little coaxing - so come on lets get to know my Picotee a little better…………….
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But look she’s starting to get used to you looking at her!
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I think she’s alot more relaxed now in your company.
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and now she’s flaunting those pink blooms and stamens loaded with pollen.
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Mine has come all the way from Flanders's Fields in Belgium and from the Bet Wilgenbroek Nurseries who are one of the top growers in Europe. Some of the Canadian readers will be interested to know that their 'Vancouver Medallion' Hellebore for the Olympics (named “Candy Love” to us in the EU) was developed in this nursery too.
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Mine only arrived this week so as yet I’ve not found her a home in the garden as its been raining for the past 3 days. I think somewhere under my kitchen window will be perfect in amongst the Pulmonarias and Erythroniums. There she can cast her seeds so that I can have even more different variations of picotee blooms in the future.
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I think she has "Perfect Pink Pouts” would you agree?
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Since its Friday I am entering this to Tootsie’s Fertilizer Friday Meme aswell as Blooming Friday “Perfect Pink Pouts” over at Roses and Stuff. Thankyou both for hosting these memes and if you want to see what others have submitted make sure you visit both blogs.
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♥ Have a great weekend everyone out and about in the garden.
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The One who upholds the Universe will never let you down.
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27 comments:
Lovely pink pouty portraits Rosie! She will be so happy to live in your garden. Have a great weekend! ;>)
Very beautiful flowers and photos, and great info too.
I was looking for your static pages but as I see, you don't have them linked yet.
Have a nice weekend.
@maiaT Maia I'm hoping to get the links sorted this weekend. I have a few static pages already - like the Contact Me page at top header and the Table of Contents thats in the footer. The photograph gallery ones are coming soon.
@CarolThanks Carol - I hope the weather improves so I can get out - at least now most of the tulips have appeared - now I need to be careful where I put my feet.
Love your pouty pretties! I was just down on the ground outside, looking into my hellebores shy little faces. They are worth getting to know this time of year :) Cyndy
OOOoooooh, she is so, so pretty, Rosie! I'm getting some new hellebores this spring, though they won't be blooming til next spring, probably; they're coming from British Columbia where the season is a good six weeks or more ahead of us. So I'll content myself with my Ivory Prince, who would like to meet your Picotee...
aloha rosie,
i loved the words with the visuals...made me smile, your spring garden is beautiful with the pouty's girls!
Rosie, as a proud Canadian I think that I should be buying "vancouver Medallion, but I secretly (shh, don't tell anyone) prefer yours.
Does she have a name? I kept looking at your post, trying to figure it out. I worry, that she won't visit me, being a shy, sweet lass, if I don't know her name.
Hi Rosie, she is very pretty indeed. I too live in British Columbia but live too far north to grow Hellebores. I love looking at them on other peoples blogs. Hopefully your rain stops soon so you can plant her.
Rosie, how lovely!
Rosie such a beautiful pink pouty flower! Your presentation is worthy of a standing ovation!!
Clapping!!
What beautiful Hellebores. I'm starting to think I'm really missing something not having them growing here. Perfectly pink.
Heisann!
Beautiful shots of a beautiful flower!
Hope to see them soon in my garden, but still they are covered with snow!
Wish you a happy Easter!
Wonderful bloom! And the shots are outstanding I really like those.
She is stunning!!!
I am sure your tulips will be very beautiful.
Thanks for linking back to Macro Flowers but now you've forgotten to enter your link on the list, or maybe, you didn't want to?
I've visited your table of content, my, my, ..that's a lot of work, but it is very useful.
Thanks everyone for your comments so far - I'll get around to all of you soon - been busy today getting my static pages finally sorted after working 6 weeks behind the scenes on the template as its not an easy template to modify html on. You'll all see a change on the top right 4 pictures which you can click on.
Beautiful Rosie! Did I tell you, I really like the layout of your blog nicely done.
That's so beautiful! Your photos are just fantastic.
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This flower is pretty and has a gentle impression.
great post today..love the photos. You did a super flaunt this week! thanks for linking in and I hope to see you again!
Beautiful photos, Rosie! And you sound so motherly as you write about these pouty portraits. Someday you're going to make a great grandmother!
It is so nice to see blossoms again this time of year!
I never knew what Picotee meant although I've seen it used in plant names many times. What a beautiful Hellebore!
Really beautiful photos, Rosie. I'm quite fond of hellebores, but have had little luck with them in our overly temperate climes here in Southern California. So I shall admire them from afar.
She is just beautiful...I am glad she got over her shyness so that we could see how beautiful she was. How fun to see what her children will look like someday :-)
aloha,
beautiful post rosie, your photos of your hellebores are spectacular!
Thanks for sharing your flowers today!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today and leaving a comment and I really appreciate you taking the time to do so. I'll either reply to you on my blog or else make a return visit to your blog over the next few days.