{"id":140920,"date":"2024-01-05T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/like-magic-hellebores-bring-a-riot-of-colour-at-the-dreariest-time-of-year\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T18:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T11:19:53","slug":"like-magic-hellebores-bring-a-riot-of-colour-at-the-dreariest-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/like-magic-hellebores-bring-a-riot-of-colour-at-the-dreariest-time-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Like magic, hellebores bring a riot of colour at the dreariest time of year"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\u2018Snow roses\u2019 will brighten your winter garden when everything else is dead \u2013 and come with the added bonus of reappearing in a different shade each yearIn January, the eight-pace dash out to the writing hut in my garden is a very different proposition to the indulgent amble I enjoy in June. It\u2019s bloody freezing, the air is thick with moisture and nearly everything is in retreat. I walk through a sludgy wash of green, brown and black.Except, that is, in the old farm trough where the hellebores live. As everything else is giving up for the year, their tight dark pink buds are swelling. One of winter\u2019s stalwarts is returning for another year. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Like magic, hellebores bring a riot of colour at the dreariest time of year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Snow roses\u2019 will brighten your winter garden when everything else is dead \u2013 and come...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-AEU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124486,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-winter-wonder-of-hellebores\/","url_meta":{"origin":140920,"position":0},"title":"The winter wonder of hellebores","date":"February 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r For exotic blooms when there\u2019s little colour around, you can\u2019t beat the generosity of helleboresTo me it\u2019s one of the perpetual mysteries of gardening: why some plants, despite appearing to really have it all, somehow still languish away from the horticultural spotlight. 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