In February the Helebore are flowering around the garden. I love these tough flowers. They will grow in shady spots and yet survive in sunny spots and take the beating summer sun. They like it in the garden and self-seed providing me with plenty of plants for ground cover in difficult spots.
By March the garden is filling up with the colour of the spring flowers. March is a colourful month. I have often grown Hyacinth in bowls indoors and they get a second life in the garden when I plant them out after their flowers pass.
a french garden 
Beautiful. I love how all your photos have a bee in them! 😉 Can’t wait till hellebore season.
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My Hellebores are not budding yet. It seems later than usual. Amelia
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Wonderrful to see the hellebores (and the bees!)
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I took the photograph in February and I have not seen any buds yet this year. It seems later than usual for the buds to appear. Amelia
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That’s one thing that makes hellebores so valuable isn’t it? The early flowers I remember seeing a bee asleep on one in February. I thought it was dead, but not there a half hour later, so just very, very happy!
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I love finding bees asleep in flowers. I think the growing flower must provide some heat, certainly the petals provide shelter and insulation. Amelia
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Hi Amelia, I am another Amelia in South Florida. I like bees in photos as well.
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Your bees must be as exotic as your flowers.
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Some are, we have the same honey bees you do.
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Honey bees are not native species for you but were introduced by Europeans to produce honey for their consumption. We keep some honey bees for their honey but I love all our native varieties that visit our flowers.
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Exactly, I took a bee identification class last year and was pretty hopeless at it – difficult to get pictures for ID! We have something called a green orchid bee here that is metallic green.
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Amazing! I checked that out on the internet. We do have some very small partially metallic bees but I see them rarely. Often the only way to ID the bees is to catch and dissect them. I do not go that far. I have caught some and put them in the fridge. This makes them sleepy and I can take a quick photo inside for ID. This works and does not hurt them. They soon wake up and fly off. I have another blog at Bees in a French Garden https://wordpress.com/view/beesinafrenchgarden.wordpress.com. Unfortunately, it will not help you with your IDs,
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oh, that is wonderful. I will take a look. Thank you. I can ID the honey bees, that is about it. I have been trying to take a picture of the green bees for a long time. They are really fast.
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You could try catching one in a net and putting it in the fridge. 🙂
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Hellebore–what a wonderful idea. This year (in the spring.)!!
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I think it should do well in your place. After it has established itself it is pretty tough. It comes from central Europe so should survive your winters. Amelia
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