When I was looking at the tags, a lot of them said they were zone 6 hardy. (The Royal Heritage Strain is hardy to 4, but they were unnecessarily big and expensive at half off)
Do you plant zone 6s, Mindy? I don't think I saw Brandywine, but several other varieties

Beautiful lush pots of Carex "ice dancer" too.

Marie, be careful with "Ice Dance'. Give it even sightly moist shade to part-shade and in a two years you'll have enough plants to open 'Ice Dance Nursery'. In dryish shade spreading will be somewhat restricted.

Mindy. sorry to interrupt the original question.
Ego,I've had it for several years in shade, right next to a good sized arborvitae and this is the first year it actually doubled in size. Must have been all this rain, because it has been very tame. I wouldn't mind a few more. If it gets too big, there's always the swap!
Marie

I like pretty much every hellebore I've ever seen, and have bought everything from bargain basement to wild splurges. I DO like to know what color I'm getting - maybe that's kind of stuffy, but so be it. The brandywines, being seedlings, could turn out to be anything, but that's half the fun, as long as they're not *sterile* seedlings, since getting your own volunteers is really one of the most satisfying parts of growing these plants.

And, it's disappointing that the North Creek link doesn't show the foliage. These are really foliage plants, for most of the gardening season, anyway, with the secret benefit of late winter flowers. So, I usually spend as much time looking for great leaves as for good flower color.

Since these are plain green for the summer, it's a great idea to underplant them with something like drumstick allium - I get a lot of questions about some of mine that I handled that way (What's that beautiful plant with the deep pink flowers over silvery, marbled foliage?) Choose bulbs with very scant foliage, though, or it will mar the hellebore foliage as it ripens.

I was just out weeding a north-facing bed and see that, oddly, some of mine have started blooming. You just never know with hellebores!

I LOVE HELLEBORES! They are a wonderful winter gardening plant. I had some premium plants that I got from White Flower Farm. However, if that terrible ice storm a few years back, I lost a lot of plants. All the hellebores got killed by that week of ice for some reason.

This year WFF had their annual sale and open house. Most perrennial and annual plants were $3 each! I loaded up on first year hellebores and replanted. Never do I see the $3 price tag on Hellebores around here. I cannot wait for them to get established and flower! I recall about five different varieties.

I need to move some of mine and I hate to, because they seem happy where they are, but they are just in too out of the way spot. Sometimes when I move something that is happy...it is never quite as happy in the new location. So...should I or shouldn't I and if I did move it, when is the best time?

I think I might try to head over to Mahoney's and see if there are any left. I could use a few more. Maybe that is the answer. Leave the one that is happy where it is and add more.

I bought some at the Three Sister's Sale in the spring. They were young seedlings for about $4. each. NOID

:-)
pm2

mahoney's has TONS of them. re: moving them:
they are sooo easy to move, and to divide. i wouldn't hesitate to do both at any time, 9and I have!) I think they are really an easy going plant in general- like hostas and daylilies.
best,
mindy

I was told that established hellebores despise being moved. The seedlings are often moved. I never actually moved one. You may wish to ask in the Hellebore section to hear people's experiences.

You can take a look at the link. There is timing to moving them as well. Hellebores have a large root system, so you will have to take that into consideration when moving.

There seem to be a lot of legends about hellebores that do not stand true, so it is worth investigating.

Here is a link that might be useful: Moving hellebores.

Thanks for the info and link..! :-)