Plant Name: Helleborus orientalis ( Lenten rose)
Plant type: Perennial 
Height: 12” – 15”
Bloom Time: February to April (can start blooming December)
Flower Color: Varies – Purple, Whitish Yellow, Whitish Green, Pink, Burgundy
Exposure: Full Sun in Winter, Partial Shade Rest of the Year
Soil Requirements: Well Drained Soil
Water Needs: Medium
Attributes: Early Bloomer, Deer Resistant , Waterwise plant, Long Bloom Season
Note: Mulch to maintain summer moisture
Uses: Borders, Containers, Mass Plantings, Woodland Garden
USDA Zone: 2-10
Tag Archives: Flowers
In the Garden!
December Flowers in an Ashland Garden!
Today in the Garden
PURPLE TOAD LILLY
Tricyrtis hirta, the toad lily is a Japanese species of hardy perennial in the lily family. Tricyrtis hirta is found growing on shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks in central and southern Japan.
Its unique showy flowers bloom in late August through September, and produces multiple clusters of flowers. Flowers are small, lily-like flowers about 1 inch long with six showy tepals. It’s easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soils in part to full shade. The plant is 15-24 inches high and wide. Bees loved it!
USDA Hardiness Zones 4-8.
Submitted by: Carlotta Lucas
Today in the Garden
Asiatic Lilies (Lilium asiatica)
Submitted by: Carlotta Lucas
Today in the Garden
DAHLIAS
Submitted by Carlotta Lucas
Garden of the Month: July 2018
995 Park Street-
The selection committee for the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month program has had its eye on D’Anne and Steve Shaw’s charming garden at 955 Park Street for a very long time. The first time we approached them, they said that the back yard was not ready for prime time. The next year, the giant incense cedar in the front yard was felled. The year after that, they were remodeling the house. Every year something happened because these homeowners are never idle. Finally, the time has come: This is the July 2018 Garden of the Month.
The wedge-shaped garden is gorgeous, both front and back. D’Anne and Steve both love color and work hard, each averaging ten hours per week despite their busy careers. They share responsibility for design and maintenance. They consider it a work in progress, continually making changes. The garden is entirely organic and is a designated pollinator garden. Don’t miss the Pollinator Garden tour on July 15 (https://www.ashland.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=17460). The Shaws were part of the tour last year but have made way for new gardens this year.
Steve reports that he was introduced to gardening as a child by his father who taught him the value of hard work from an early age and gave him a deep appreciation for gardens. Three pretty Gingko trees were given to D’Anne in one-gallon pots a long time ago and she cared for them in the pots for years until settling on this property. 
You will see how much they have grown and thrived in the 18 years since being planted in the ground. The unusual round metal arbor in the corner of the front yard was made for them for their wedding.
Among the many beautiful flowering plants are roses, hydrangea, peonies, lilies, foxglove, columbine, ground orchids and dahlias. Walk or drive by to see how prettily these things and many others look together.
Article by: Ruth Sloan
Photos by Larry Rosengren