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Andrea Fleck Clardy's avatar

No wonder you liked my article in the Globe1 What a wonderful tribute you've written to the plant we both love! Your photographs are gorgeous. You have some shades I have never seen and I'm grateful to learn the lore and history. Many thanks.

Andrea Fleck Clardy

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Jane's avatar

Thank you Andrea! And for those who didn't see it, Andrea recently wrote a beautiful essay called H is for Hellebore in the Boston Globe. It's available here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/05/opinion/h-is-hellebores-other-reminders-my-mortality/

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Robert Palmer's avatar

Absolutely outstanding. You are indeed a master in discovering the essence in things.

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Jane's avatar

Thank you!

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kategardoqui's avatar

The best sign of Spring is that feeling of hope in the heart. May it grow stronger every day

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Jane's avatar

Thank you, sis.

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Eva K Sullivan's avatar

We inherited these plants from a neighbor who called them Jerusalem roses. When they moved away we acquired several. Now I will have new stories to tell to any who might listen! Thanks!

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Jane's avatar

I’ve never heard that name! I love it.

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Sharon Ford's avatar

You have some real treasures! We so appreciate our hellebores for blooming even in the darkest spaces of our yard. Beautiful prose.

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Jane's avatar

Thank you, Sharon! I have such fond memories of your garden in Swarthmore.

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Vanessa Andris's avatar

Thank you for this blog of irrepressible blossoms, Jane. Their indefatigable splendor was just the revitalization I needed. There’s obviously something bigger than us out there calling us to express the best within us as part of a greater glorious universe. Thank you for the reminder through your words and visuals. Vanessa

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Jane's avatar

Thank you, Vanessa!

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Seamus Hegarty's avatar

Just heavenly

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