For years I've been collecting hellebores for my Secret Garden. So I was thrilled when Ingrid Nemetz opened her wholesale growing nursery, Helleborus Downunder, in Bilpin, NSW, to the public. Her Open Day in July was fabulous. I found a gorgeous dark orientalis hybrid called 'Purpurescens' with dark blue-black, open-faced flowers. And finally I can put a name to my double white one, 'Mrs Betty Ranicar', which is keenly sort after by collectors. It was found by the Dudleys of Elizabeth Town...
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